The Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
The news comes months after DOGE learned about an identification code linking U.S. Treasury payments to a budget line item that accounted for nearly $4.7 trillion in payments, which was oftentimes left blank.
"The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process)," DOGE wrote in a post on X in February. "In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible. As of Saturday, this is now a required field, increasing insight into where money is actually going."
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DOGE’s announcement on Tuesday comes as it continues to find savings and fraud across all aspects of the government.
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On the department’s site, it says $160 billion in savings have been discovered, equating to $993.70 in savings per taxpayer.
DOGE has been aggressive in its mission to root out wasteful spending and to downsize the scope of the federal government.
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