{"id":3999,"date":"2025-02-05T03:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/treasury-says-elon-musks-doge-has-read-only-access-to-payment-systems\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T03:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:36:55","slug":"treasury-says-elon-musks-doge-has-read-only-access-to-payment-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/treasury-says-elon-musks-doge-has-read-only-access-to-payment-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury says Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE has &#8220;read only&#8221; access to payment systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musk-treasury-social-security-access-federal-payment-system-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency team<\/a><\/span> has been given &#8220;read only&#8221; access to the Treasury Department&#8217;s federal payment system, and federal expenditures have not been affected, the Treasury said in a letter to Congress late Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The letter, from Jonathan Blum, a Treasury official, said that a review of the Treasury&#8217;s Fiscal Service payment system has not caused &#8220;payments for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to be delayed or re-routed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Treasury has no higher obligation than managing the government&#8217;s finances on behalf of the American people, and its payments system is critical to that process,&#8221; the letter read.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tom Krause \u2014 a technology executive who is a member of Musk&#8217;s DOGE team and is working on a review of the payment system \u2014 has also been granted a top secret security clearance, according to the letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Krause is a longtime technology executive. His decades of experience in building companies and managing balance sheets as a chief financial officer are of great benefit to this review,&#8221; the letter reads. &#8220;In order to allow him to perform this function, he has been hired as an expert\/consultant by the federal government and designated in a role commonly used across Administrations\u2014a &#8220;special government employee&#8221; \u2014pursuant to applicable law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern that access to the system could allow DOGE, which disburses nearly 90% of all federal payments, to restrict disbursement of federal funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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