Treasury Says Musk Team Has Read-Only Access to Payment Data (3)

The US Treasury Department confirmed Tuesday that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been given “read-only” access to “coded data” of the government’s payments system.

At least one of the appointees from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, that Musk oversees has been given top secret security clearance, Jonathan Blum, Treasury’s principal deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs, wrote in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden dated Tuesday.

The system remains “robust and effective” and no valid requests from government agencies to make payments have been rejected as a result of the team’s work, according to the letter ...