The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Tuesday announced that it closed down more than 200,000 government credit cards as part of its ongoing audit of the federal government.
The department previously announced that it was launching a pilot program that partnered with 16 government agencies to review the credit cards and whether they were active. There were initially 4.6 million cards, according to DOGE.
“After 3 weeks, >200,000 cards have been de-activated,” DOGE wrote on X. “Great progress this past week by the [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] and the [U.S. Department of the Interior] … Still more work to do.”
The announcement comes shortly after the department said it found more than 5,500 Small Business Administration (SBA) loans were awarded to children who were 11 years or younger, which equaled $312 million.
“While it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, that is highly unlikely for these 5,593 loans, as they all also used an SSN with the incorrect name,” the department said Saturday. “DOGE and the SBA are working together to solve this problem this week.”
The department also reportedly found 3,095 loans were awarded to borrowers over 115 years old who were still marked as alive in the Social Security database.
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
Reprinted with permission from Just the News – By Misy Severi
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