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Treasury Secretary Scott Basant said Thursday that he was “fully connected” with the performance of Elon Musk’s department, as the agency staff access the department’s payment system.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Basant Told The Bloomberg Douge is not “tinkering” with the official payment system that has access to the agency, and Musk’s agency is taking “operational review” of government payments, not “ideological review” (Musk’s statements often delayed Lead to the latter, Call The US Agency for International Development is a “criminal organization”).
“Elon and I are fully linked to the American people in terms of waste cutting and increasing accountability and transparency,” Basant added.
Relationships are accessible through AI -Microsoft’s Azor Service – Department of Education data “Personalized information for people who manage a grant” as well as sensitive internal financial data ” Sorting with when they find ways to save government money. In the departments, Washington Post Reported, citing two unidentified persons (a department spokesman told the post that they were looking for utility, and “there is nothing inappropriate or invasive”).
Judge Callian Cooler Kotli approved AN Contract It approves Tom Craws and Marco Els-two Musk colleagues as special government employees.
The agreement is a temporary fix that will remain until the Coleler Kotli made further decisions about legal action, which was brought by non -profit and unions, which detained the Department of Treasury’s private financial data. Wanted to limit access.
Dodge workers have access to employees’ data from the Office of Personal Management, mainly the Federal Government’s Human Resource Arm, Washington Post Reported On Thursday, citing four anonymous US officials. The data includes addresses, settlement and social security numbers, and the DOG access includes the ability to edit employees’ records (there is no evidence that the Dog staff has modified any record) ۔
The lawyers of the Justice Department agreed on Wednesday, which would limit access to the main Dodge’s main treasury payment system after the legalization, which now only two Musk colleagues “access only” to access. Allowed.
Medicare and Medicated Services centers issued a Description On his cooperation with Dodge and said that the agency’s two senior former soldiers are working with the Dodge and they are “thinking a thought to see that according to President Trump’s goals.” Where can be more efficient and efficient use of resources? “
Expensive Quetta Tweet A Post On X, which was previously known as Twitter, with a screenshot of being in Medicare about the Wall Street Journal’s Dodge and said, “Yes, this is where a large amount of money is being cheated.”
The DOG team members were on -site at Medic Medicare and Medicated Services Centers for fraud or waste search, Bloomberg And Wall Street Journal Notified, referring to those familiar with the matter, who said that DOGE representatives had access to the payment and contract system.
Treasury sent a Line The Congress has “committed to the integrity and security of the system” and “financial service is confident that those reservations are strong and effective,” he added, adding that Tom Craws, which is associated with the Dodge. But the Treasury is an employee, “is,” is “. Just read the coded data of the financial service payment system in an attempt to review the performance.
Sense. Elizabeth Warren, D Moss, and Ron Weden, D-Over. Requested The Government Accountability Office investigated the decision to provide access to sensitive government payment systems to Basant’s “Elon Musk and other employees, especially told them whether” economic and national security and Americans’ confidentiality ” There are no guards for protection.
Senate Democrats held a news conference in which they Expressed his concern With Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shamar, DNY, Kasturi, about accessing the federal payment system, “an unintended Shadow government is occupying the federal government,” and Sen Petty Murray, D wash. Saying that the Musk was hijacking our nation’s most sensitive financial system and its checkbook. “
The American Federation of Government employees and other unions have filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department in an attempt to reduce DEGE access to Treasury Data.
Associated Press And New York Times According to the Times, Basant gained access to the DEGE to sensitive treasury data, which gave Musk a “powerful means of monitoring and limiting government spending.”
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What is the DOG?
Even before Trump was elected, Kasturi presented the idea of Dodge in September, and shortly after, Trump Said He will create it and lead the musk. After winning the election, Trump appointed Musk and Vivek Ramswamy to lead the commission and advised them to “reduce additional rules, reduce wasteful expenditures, and reorganize federal agencies.” The Dodge was formally formed by AN Executive Order In the first day of Trump’s first day, a current organization, a US digital service, is an American Dodge Service. According to Congress research services, it is not a new federal agency or department, and many members of the team have been named as “special government employees”.
What option is DOG?
There is no clear outline in the executive order about what it has. According to this order, its role is “implementing the President’s Dodge agenda, maximizing government performance and productivity by modernizing federal technology and software.” The order states that the DOGE Administrator will work with the agency heads to improve the performance of the Administrator software and to collect data. Dage officials are reportedly accessing sensitive data and information on request.
Does Elon Kasturi work for the government?
Kasturi is a “special government employee”. The Department of Justice Describes As an employee, this role expects the federal government to work for 130 days, and they are forbidden to participate in cases that may have financial disputes of interest or to use their role From an election to an election or engage in political activity. . The role of a special government employee is mostly subject to rules and regulations that apply to federal employees, but they can be “less restriction” because the role is temporary. Is a muscuri According to the notifications His work is not being paid in the White House.
Who is working for the dodge?
It is unclear who works for Dodge. On November 14, 2024, the DOG account on X Asked People will instruct the account with their resume if they were “very high IQ revolutionary of the small government that is ready to work 80+ hours a week.” On February 2, Wired An article published that it was alleged that he was able to identify six engineers aged 19 to 24, who work for Dodge, who had a relationship with Musk companies or billionaire Peter Thale. Katie Dermand, World Institutional Director of Wired, Told CNN “It’s a little difficult to find out what they are doing,” but the wired man was able to determine that he was “working on a number of engineering works … But, I Line Sosi Wills, who was sent to the White House Chief of Staff from eight Senate Democrats, requested further information about what the Dodge was doing, lawmakers said, “No information has been provided to the Congress or the public. Placed under the Dodge. “
Which departments are working in?
The Dodge does most of its work so far with USAID, which Musk has said-without proof-“incredibly politically discriminated” and a “radical-left political psychology”. Since Musk has begun to discuss USAID on Monday, the agency has kept the agency on administrative departure globally with some exceptions, and some USAID employees have their own. The desk has been seen cleaning. Beyond that, Dooj said On January 24, in its first 80 -hour operating, he canceled “about $ 420 million of current/upcoming contracts” and two lease on Thursday, “mainly focusing on DEI contracts and unmanned buildings. To, Washington Post The report reported is analyzing the education costs using artificial intelligence. It is suspected that Musk was in the office of offering to buy personal management to all federal employees, and that Had previously suggested The government should close the consumer financial protection bureau, which was instructed to stop its work earlier this week, Reuters Notified.
What are the Democrats doing to stop the Dodge?
On Tuesday, more than a thousand protesters gathered outside the Treasury Building in Washington DC to protest against the Dodge’s measures, and more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers spoke at the gathering. Associated Press Notified. Democrats also touched the “Stall Steel” Act on Tuesday, in which minority leader Hikip Jeffrees, DNY, Said “Will stop [DOGE’s] Illegal access to space. “Democrats on Wednesday tried to subjugate Musk to find out more about their actions and dodge work, but Congress Republicans stopped Sabpina, A BC News Notified. Democrat, the leading Democrat of the House of the House, Repert Gerald Konoli, Daw, said that the role of Musk is “astonishing” to many people, adding: “Who is this unelected billionaire to federal agencies. Could try to eliminate, move on fire, offer them early retirement and make major changes to the agencies of Congress, monitoring or consensus? ” There is a limited power, or Trump’s actions more widely, though the Republican controls the House and the Senate.
Read more
Unions have sued Elon Musk’s Dodge to prevent access to the Department of Treasury Data (Forbes)
Elon Musk’s team now has access to Treasury’s payment system (New York Times)
Elon Musk’s Dodge Team Mines for fraud in Medicare and Medicide Agency’s CMS (Bloomberg)
What is Elon Musk’s role, of course? The White House has called it a ‘special government employee’ – here it means (Forbes)
