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Shouldn't an oversight group have read access to the Government's accounts payable data? Congress ought to have that data. For any recipient over $1 million, it
by Animats 2y ago
Shouldn't an oversight group have read access to the Government's accounts payable data? Congress ought to have that data. For any recipient over $1 million, it ought to be public.
- dexter0 2y agoThis is what has been unclear so far. What kind of access is the DOGE seeking? Read access seems within the scope of their "mandate" to audit spending. But if they are going to insert themselves into the process or start blocking payments, that's much more concerning.
- nxobject 2y agoI would hope there would be some check and balance, or a transparent procedure, or even a paper trail involved here. /s (Who am I kidding? FOIA offices are probably going to be slashed; independent Inspector Generals have been forced out.)
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoCongress has the data. There's even current public sources for monthly and daily ledger values (and a live API) at https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/ https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/ and https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/ There's zero reason to do all this for read only access, I strongly feel he's pushing for the CA keys behind the system that would allow write access to the ledgers.
- figassis 2y agoIt’s going to be really funny if Trump realizes that maybe he didn’t read all of DOGE’s fine print, and gets buyer’s remorse because he’s the one on the hook for crashing the economy, not Musk. Well, it won’t be funny at all actually.
- ffsm8 2y agoIt will be hilarious for China though, you can take heart in that.