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Treasury: DOGE will have 'read-only' access to federal payment systems

After being told that ELON MUSK's work in the government efficiency (DOGE) tried to gain access to a delicate federal payment system, the Ministry of Finance has been reviewing the system, and the staff “reads”. It states that it has a “exclusive” access. For information.

Staff working with the Ministry of Finance employees named TOM KRAUSE can access payment system data.

This letter describes Klaus as “many years of technology executive.” It has the experience of building a company and managing a balance sheet, and says that he gives him a leading security clearance.

“In order to continue this operation efficiency evaluation, there is a dedicated reading access to the code of the financial service payment system in cooperation with TOM KRAUSE, who cooperates with the Ministry of Finance's employee Tom Krause.” The letter is mentioned.

KRAUSE is further described by the Ministry of Finance as an “expert/consultant” hired as a “special government staff.”

Payments, known as financial services, process about 90 % of all federal payments, including 1.2 billion transactions, including social security and med care payments.

The Ministry of Finance has stated that the financial services have not been delayed or paused.

The attempt to access the system has led to the resignation of David A. Lebrick, a long -standing public servant of the Ministry of Finance. Reported by Washington Post On Friday, it led to the fear that DOGE interferes with the government's core functions.

Access attempts have led to at least one lawsuit.

“The scale of individual privacy is large and unprecedented,” said the Civil Litigation Group, the retired American alliance, and the International Federation of Service employees. I complained Submitted to the Colombian Federal Court on Saturday.

“People who have to share information with the federal government should not be forced to share information with ELON MUSK or his” DOGE “,” he said.

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