The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the rejection of over $330 million in “improper payment requests” due to an automated payment verification system implemented by the Department of the Treasury.
The big picture: The rejection of payment requests was attributed to invalid, unauthorized, or missing budget codes, per DOGE’s social media post on platform X.
- DOGE highlighted that some rejected payment requests were not connected to a budget, while others were for purchases in already fulfilled budgets. However, specific details about these requests were not provided by DOGE.
- DOGE’s announcement was a response to its prior post about Treasury access symbols, suggesting that the optional field for budget codes was often left blank for approximately $4.7 trillion in payments by the federal government.
