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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring government payments and travel expenses to be justified and made public where possible.
The requirement is part of Trump’s executive order to implement the cost efficiency initiative for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Using modern technology, the order aims to transform spending by putting all federal grants and contracts through rigorous standards to justify their existence. Trump’s order will have federal agencies acting immediately, reviewing all contracts and grants for waste, fraud and abuse.
Travel expenses and government payments are also being analyzed closely, as they must be justified and made public if possible.
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President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk sit down for a “Hannity” exclusive interview. (Fox News)
The order also tells agencies to treat their credit cards as if they were frozen for 30 days.
“To the maximum extent permitted by law, all credit cards held by agency employees shall be treated as frozen for 30 days from the date of this order, except for any credit cards held by employees engaged in, or charges related to employees utilizing such credit cards for, disaster relief or natural disaster response benefits or operations or other critical services as determined by the Agency Head, and subject to such additional individualized or categorical exceptions as the Agency Head, in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, deems appropriate,” Trump’s executive order reads.
Working with DOGE, agency heads will review and terminate any contracts deemed unnecessary.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing a DOGE cost efficiency initiative. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Additionally, the executive order will…
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