The announcement comes as the Elon Musk-led agency continues to root out waste, fraud and corruption in the federal government. (iStock)
DOGE UNCOVERS OVER 4M GOVERNMENT CREDIT CARDS RESPONSIBLE FOR 90M TRANSACTIONS
"After 3 weeks, >200,000 cards have been de-activated. Great progress this past week by @HHSGov [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] @Interior [U.S. Department of the Interior]."
The agency said that at the start of the audit, there were more than 4.6 million active cards/accounts throughout those agencies.
"So still more work to do," the DOGE team wrote.
It is unclear how much money the taxpayer will save following the cancelations. Last month, DOGE said the 4.6 million credit cards were used for 90 million unique transactions, totaling around $40 billion worth of spending in FY24.
In total, 204,801 credit cards have been canceled, consisting of 171,120 travel cards and 33,681 purchase cards.
President Donald Trump speaks as Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. Musk described DOGE as "not an optional thing" and argued that it was "central" to reforming the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Musk described DOGE as "not an optional thing" and argued that it was "central" to reforming the U.S. economy.
Over the weekend, DOGE also identified thousands of cases where more than $300 million in loans were granted to children.
DOGE said it identified that the Small Business Administration (SBA) granted nearly 5,600 loans for $312 million to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. The loans were issued in 2020 and 2021 – while the world struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic – and it is unclear what they were used for.
Fox News’ Andrea Margolis and Michael Lee contributed to this report.
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