US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has clarified that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team is conducting an operational review of federal payment systems, not making ideological changes. Bessent personally vetted the employees who gained read-only access to payment data and said the review will yield big savings, but no modifications have been made to the department’s payment systems, which are actually run by the Federal Reserve.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/bessent-says-musk-s-doge-isn-t-tinkering-with-treasury-systems