WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Wednesday it had deactivated more than 500,000 government credit cards.
DOGE in February said it uncovered these unneeded government cards had processed 90 million transactions, amounting to $40 billion in spending for fiscal year 2024. The average transaction with a federal card was $441, according to the General Services Administration (GSA).
In its latest update on the audit process of these cards, DOGE said it expanded its efforts to 32 government agencies.
“As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do,” it wrote via X.
A graph attached to the post shows 12 agencies are listed at 90% audit completion or higher. Among them are the General Services Administration, Department of Education and Social Security Administration.
DOGE head Elon Musk wrote in March the cards appeared suspicious due to their seemingly unlimited use.
“There are still almost twice as many credit/purchasing cards as people in the government, and the limits are $10,000!” Musk posted via X. “A lot of shady expenditures happening.”
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