DOGE seeks access to US Treasury's central accounting system data

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 data systems as part of his new role as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.


On X, the social media platform Musk owns, he's taken credit for billions in canceled contracts and grants, though Treasury officials have insisted that he doesn't have the authority to do that from its payment systems.