Staff members from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and will receive read-only access to the agency’s computer systems – while Musk left a message on X suggesting the agency was dead.
According to a report from Wired culled from unnamed “multiple sources,” the CFPB staff was informed earlier today that several DOGE staffers entered the agency’s headquarters on Thursday evening requesting read-only access to the regulator’s data, systems, and equipment.
CFPB Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez informed the agency’s staff that the DOGE team is “going to need read-only access to our HR (HR Connect/NFC), procurement (PRISM), and finance (Discoverer) system. I let them know that we utilize BFS/ARC so if they already have access, then they should be able to pull our data. Otherwise, if they do not have access to BFS/ARC, then we will need to work with them to fill out the necessary forms to gain access.”
BFS/ARC is the acronym for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s Administrative Resource Center, which is responsible for administrative services at several government agencies.
Separately, Musk posted to X “CFPB RIP” with an emoji tombstone next to the text. Musk previously used X to advocate for the defunding of the agency.
There is not a legal department that musk heads.
He doesn’t need to .He is appointed by the president. He is not an elected official, only the President and Vice President are elected, and they then hire their staff.
Finally someone is cleaning house! TY to the Trump team that has the common sense to call out the fraud & waste & think of the US Citizens/Taxpayers!
The CFPB’s entire mission is to work on behalf of the public and protect them against unscrupulous practices of financial institutions among other things. Personally, with their quick and responsive involvement I actually recently successfully fought a credit card issuer for some erroneous info reported to the credit bureaus. When I tried to remedy this on my own I was met with dead ends of after several months of reaching out to the institution direct. The CFPB’s assistance was at no cost to me. If I had to wager I’d imagine you have completely no idea what half the agencies POTUS aims to defund even do.
The American people are so worried about privacy and here we allow young hacker thugs into the bowels of the various government institutions. That is
an invasion of privacy and tractorist behavior,. Stop this billionaire from undermining the security of what was a great nation. Now to become as the dear leader characterized other countries, a shithole country.
TRUMP!! ELON MUSK!!!
Yes!!!!!!!
The party is over you leftist Liberal Democrat idiots!!!
Drain the Filthy Corrupt Swamp!!
Millions and Millions given to Bullshit USAID, Transgender education in other countries, even aid to Peru to publish Trans Comic books!! Not kidding, google it!!
I’m with Joel on this one. Who exactly are these unvetted people with access to all of our personal data? I block tracking every opportunity I have but no options on this one. Why can they not just focus on the ‘bloat’? There is so much good that USAID has done to help poverty and slow or eradicate disease. Much of what that agency does was designed to protect our interests. And consumer protections – shall we just return to the days of buyer beware? Though I feel that’s what was elected. We pay for private school so the department of education might not affect me directly but where I grew up in very small town America WILL feel the hurt. Every local tax referendum to help schools already get voted down. What will happen when those are necessary to keep teachers, not just fund new curriculum? This is why people are not all jumping up and down for joy. There is so much more nuance than just axing programs.
DOE spends more per student than any other country in the world and we are dead last in test scores. Less than 10% of USAID actually goes to food/health. Most goes to propaganda in third world nations. Notice the countries who get the aid are not complaining. Only the Democrats and the unelected bureaucrats that get kickbacks from taxpayer money. DEI in Serbia – DEI Musical in Ireland – $47K for a transgender opera in Cuba – $32K for a transgender comic book in Columbia. It’s time for the government to work for us and spend our money wisely.
Well said William and Franco
And what do you think Biden was doing? Please don’t be so naive.
This is the best thing that’s happened to the US government. The spending on waste is crazy. We were heading into bankruptcy. I’m sure USAID started as a legitimate Foreign aid, but without any oversight, over the years, got abused and spiraled into a disastrous waste of money, which is actually our hardworking money.
An unelected Billionaire immigrant who has benefitted his extreme wealth to America, who has Government Contracts, etc. should not set a foot into our Federal Government. Conflict of interest. I think the American people should have access to his Companies and the profits he makes and, most of all, WHAT IS HE PAYING IN FEDERAL TAXES.
Come on Elon, share your finances with us because we don’t think you are paying your fair share of taxes. How you treat your employees and or how you pay them. We need this information too.
I understand the democrats feel that their only way to defend these insane things are being found out is to slander the person who’s finding them out. I get that, there is really no other defense. But…can you please explain to me why rooting out waste and fraud and trimming down the govmt is a bad thing? What is the argument against it? I have not heard any logical reason from someone as to why this is bad. I only hear Elon is racist, he’s hitler, he’s a nazi…the same stuff we’ve all heard about any republican who threatens the money/power of the dems, the same stuff we all stopped believing a long time ago..or never in my case. But seriously, how could you be against being transparent on spending and saving tax payer money?
Obviously you don’t understand how the government work. The only peope elected are the President and Vice President. From there they hire the folks they want to work for them. NONE OF THEM ARE ELECTED.
You obviously have not been listening to the information from the White House say our debt ceiling is being raised to Trillions of dollars that we will owe with changes proposed by the new administration. The billionaires in charge now are making deals that will make them richer and leave our government broke. That the time to really read in investigate, don’t just take someone else’s word for what they can’t verify.
Are you saying Elon Musk is combing through all the data and financials in an effort to make himself richer? I am so confused. Isn’t he arguably the richest man on the planet and doing this all for free. And bought Twitter so that our main town square for info could be balanced? I guess I don’t understand why there would be a financial incentive to any of this for him, if that is what you were saying.
I, for one, couldn’t be more pleased with the way Trump, and company, are tearing into things and discovering how much money we are wasting every year. We have never had that before and it’s about time we close a few Agencies, stop redundant and overlapping work which requires more federal employees……….for what?? The system is bloated and inefficient and we need to get back to being a “solvent” country!!
What is wrong with Joel and Irene with their comments. Biden and the rest of the liberals have been robbing us blind for the last number of years and padding their own pockets. God gave you a brain so please use it.
He’s cleaning house and saving the American public billions!
No reasonable person who could object to this
I thank God for President Trump and Elon Musk! Finally, government wasteful spending, fraud and corruption are getting exposed! Politicians like Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters, and the rest of the Democrats are more upset that the fraud is getting exposed, rather than getting upset about the fraud. This should tell Americans that these politicians are part of this fraud and money laundering operation. If you’re worried that the people Elon Musk hired can see your private information, guess what, the former employees at USAID and other departments had access to your personal information. Yet you didn’t complain before? With Trump and Elon, the USA can now shut down the agencies that are being used by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats as their personal ATM.
This is what we voted for! Exposing the corruption and clean house by next month we can use this money for so many good things like veterans
Great job! By the way I’m not worried if Elon had my ss number like he needs to open an account and buy stuff lol
I am so grateful for the work they are doing. It is amazing how much money this country has spent, our taxpayer money, to fund other countries, in such audacious ways. Keep going. It will lead us to solvency in a few years, and the strength that we all deserve.
I agree with saving our country.
This president and administration is being transparent.
He is keeping his promises and getting back to protecting our country, children and female athletes, Really, think about woman’s rights?