The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has reportedly found $4.7 trillion in payments were not documented sufficiently to determine where those payments were going. Going forward, the option to leave payment details blank is no longer available.
DOGE Uncovers Budget Line Item Issue That Made $4.7 Trillion in Government Payments ‘Almost Impossible’ to Trace– www.westernjournal.com
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It could be here. It could be there. It could be almost anywhere.
So says the Department of Government Efficiency about almost $5 trillion in taxpayer money that has been spent on who-knows-what.
“The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process). In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for — $4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible,” DOGE posted on X.
“As of Saturday, this is now a required field, increasing insight into where money is actually going. Thanks to @USTreasury for the great work,” the post said.
Musk noted that the problem should not take place going forward.
“Major improvement in Treasury payment integrity going live! This was a combined effort of @DOGE @USTreasury and @FederalReserve. Nice work by all,” he posted on X.
DOGE has been controversial because of the high-velocity impact of its analysis of government spending and recommendations to close loopholes and cut waste.
In a video posted to X last week, President Donald Trump said DOGE is an integral part of his efforts to cut government waste.
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