The Treasury Department's request for information was issued as part of an executive order aimed at eliminating paper checks as a form of federal payment in most cases, which the administration says ...

The Treasury Department and DOGE discovered $334 million in improper payment requests that were flagged because of budget codes that were missing, invalid or unauthorized.

Effective Sept. 30, 2025, the order directs the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, to stop issuing paper checks for all federal payments, including tax refunds. Mail theft is to blame.

The initiative noted that the Treasury Department must keep “a physical lockbox” to collect the more than 100 million checks it processes each year, which costs about $2.40 per check to maintain.

The initiative noted that the Treasury Department must keep “a physical lockbox” to collect the more than 100 million checks it processes each year, which costs about $2.40 per check to maintain.

Two government watchdogs have launched audits into the new Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to a sensitive federal payment system located at the Treasury Department. The Tr… ...

Treasury has said that a team led by Mr. Krause has “read-only” access to the code to conduct an efficiency review, denying that it intends to use the system to block payments authorized by ...

The Treasury Department said Elon Musk's DOGE staff had "read-only" access to its payment system. Democratic lawmakers and federal-worker unions have criticized the access to personal data.

This Thursday, June 8, 2017, photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington. On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Treasury releases the federal budget for May.

The Trump administration pushed out a top Treasury Department official this week after he refused to give Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the government’s vast payment system, part of ...