In a sweeping move to cut government waste, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has deactivated over 200,000 federal credit cards across 16 agencies. The cancellations come after an audit revealed that the cards were either unused or unneeded, signaling a lack of oversight in federal spending.
According to DOGE, the audit originally found over 4.6 million active government credit cards—a staggering number that raised concerns about reckless spending and financial mismanagement. The largest cuts were in travel cards (171,120 cancellations) and purchase cards (33,681 cancellations). Among the agencies affected were the General Services Administration (GSA), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Labor Department, and the Interior Department, with HHS seeing the most cancellations.
The agency announced the move on social media, where reactions ranged from outrage at the lack of oversight to applause for holding bureaucrats accountable. DOGE claims that their government crackdown has already saved taxpayers $105 billion, with further audits expected to uncover even more waste.
Musk has set an ambitious goal for DOGE—to identify $1 trillion in savings to help reduce the national debt. The credit card audit is just the beginning, with DOGE expected to target additional areas of wasteful spending across the federal government.
With federal agencies now forced to tighten their financial controls, the question remains—how much more taxpayer money is being wasted, and what will DOGE uncover next?