Business Insider

The Treasury's payment system is one of Elon Musk's targets. Here's what it does, from Social Security to tax refunds.

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Bloomberg L.P.

What Is the Treasury Payment System DOGE Wants to Control?

Elon Musk’s mission to shrink the size of the US government has put a spotlight on an obscure federal office whose work directly touches nearly every American. The US Treasury Department’s Bureau of ...
The Hill

5 questions about DOGE’s access to federal payment systems

Questions are swirling about how much access Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has to Americans’ personal data and sensitive federal payment systems. Soon after President ...
CNN

Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show

Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using ...
CNN

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system

A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” has temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The judge’s order, ...