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Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
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Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
Alex Gangitano | 01/31/25 | 6:23 PM ET
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on condition of anonymity.
The Washington Post first reported on Lebryk’s departure, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Upon his inauguration, President Trump had appointed Lebryk acting Treasury secretary while nominee Scott Bessent was waiting to be confirmed.
Lebryk’s retirement follows a dispute over a request from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk oversees, for access to the payment system that Treasury officials use to disburse funds.
The Post reported that a small number of career officials at Treasury have control over the systems, which are run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Lebryk was previously first commissioner of the bureau.
The systems control $6 trillion annually, distributed as Social Security, Medicare, salaries for federal workers, payments to government contractors, payments to grant recipients and tax refunds. . .
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5119996-david-lebryk-retirement-treasury-doge-musk/
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mystery-ak:
Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
by Alex Gangitano - 01/31/25 6:23 PM ET
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on condition of anonymity.
The Washington Post first reported on Lebryk’s departure, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Upon his inauguration, President Trump had appointed Lebryk acting Treasury secretary while nominee Scott Bessent was waiting to be confirmed.
Lebryk’s retirement follows a dispute over a request from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk oversees, for access to the payment system that Treasury officials use to disburse funds.
The Post reported that a small number of career officials at Treasury have control over the systems, which are run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Lebryk was previously first commissioner of the bureau.
The systems control $6 trillion annually, distributed as Social Security, Medicare, salaries for federal workers, payments to government contractors, payments to grant recipients and tax refunds.
Lebryk served in the Treasury Department for three decades and was appointed the fiscal assistant secretary in 2014, which is the most senior career position at the agency.
The Treasury Department and DOGE did not respond to a request for comment Lebryk’s retirement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5119996-david-lebryk-retirement-treasury-doge-musk/
mountaineer:
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Looks like he didn't want to give up his fiefdom.
mountaineer:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.
They literally never denied a payment in their entire career.
Not even once.
1:52 AM · Feb 1, 2025
Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
The highest ranking Treasury official, David A Lebryk, is resigning rather than complying with a request by @DOGE for access to audit where they’ve spent trillions of dollars a year. Why would career bureaucrats fear an audit by @elonmusk and @doge to see where we can save money?
6:14 PM · Jan 31, 2025
@amuse
@amuse
$6 trillion runs through that computerized payment platform. They're scared to death that anyone with any expertise will examine what is going on.
6:44 PM · Jan 31, 2025
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