After Senate Democrats raised the alarm about the accessibility Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency staff received, the Treasury Department‘s Office of Inspector General is launching an assessment of the safety controls for the federal government’s repayment method.
” We expect to start our research immediately”, Sciburba wrote. The assessment will likely not be finished until August, despite the breadth of this effort. Nevertheless, we recognize the danger that poor access or limited controls may present to the integrity of delicate payment systems. As such, if critical problems come to light before that period, we will challenge time updates and reviews”.
Musk and his employees have, among other demands, pushed for entry to the president’s computer devices. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR ) pushed for transparency into Musk’s actions and DOGE’s activities under President Donald Trump.
The couple sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent voicing their concerns , about DOGE’s exposure to the payment method.
We request that you use your authorities to further investigate this matter, according to the lawmakers,” Given the risks to the economy and national security, and the possible violation of laws protecting American ‘ privacy and tax information” that Mr. Musk and his team’s noted access to essential federal payment systems pose.
Warren and Wyden also made a point about the discrepancies in his department’s DOGE accounts. The Treasury acknowledged that a DOGE team member had briefly the ability to edit code after first claiming that the access was read-only.
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” Your lack of candor about these events is deeply troubling given the threats to the economy and the public from DOGE’s meddling, and you need to provide a clear, complete, and public accounting of who accessed the systems, what they were doing, and why they were doing it”, they wrote.
Other labor unions and advocacy organizations have filed lawsuits over DOGE’s potential unauthorized use of sensitive Treasury payment systems. Additionally, five former Democratic Treasury Secretary’s have expressed concern about the dangers posed by Musk’s DOGE’s unauthorized access to sensitive Treasury Department payment systems.
