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

Feb. 8, 2025, 11:06 PM UTC

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.

Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and now close adviser to President Donald Trump, has sought direct access to federal ...

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