Musk’s DOGE Team Now Seeks Access to Treasury’s Accounting Data

  • DOGE team will study accounting for federal agencies
  • Plans come after judge’s ruling restricting access for privacy
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Elon Musk will dispatch a DOGE team to Parkersburg, West Virginia, next week, where it will gain read-only access to the US government’s central accounting system, according to a source familiar with the effort.

The planned visit opens a new window into some of the government’s most sensitive financial data. It comes after a federal judge restricted Musk’s cost-cutting team’s access to Treasury’s payment systems earlier this week, in a lawsuit brought by unions and a retiree group concerned about privacy.