Treasury probes DOGE access to federal payment system
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Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company between 2017 and 2019, before spending several years as a senior video journalist on the social news team at The Wall Street Journal, where he primarily produced short-form and breaking-news videos for the Journal's X (Twitter) page, with a focus on business, finance and markets. He also produced longer videos for other platforms on a wide range of subjects, from the U.K. royal family's finances to the cost of tackling climate change. He has also worked for The London Evening Standard, Fox News and Bauer Media.
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The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General announced Friday that it is auditing security controls for the federal payment system, following concerns from Democratic senators over access granted to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team.
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