DOGE and agencies cancel 200,000 federal government credit cards
DOGE says that federal agencies spent $40 billion using credit cards in FY24
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published March 11, 2025 8:32am EDT
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that it has deactivated more than 200,000 credit cards linked to more than a dozen federal agencies following an audit showing they were unused or unneeded.
The announcement comes as the Elon Musk-led agency continues to root out waste, fraud and corruption in the federal government.
"Weekly Credit Card Update! Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards," DOGE wrote on its X account.
"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.
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