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Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system

Longtime official retires after clash “over access to sensitive payment systems.”…

President Donald Trump named Lebryk the acting secretary of the Treasury, an additional role he held for a week before political appointee Scott Bessent was confirmed by the Senate. But when Trump announced the creation of DOGE in November, he said it would "pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies." The Treasury payment systems, run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, are usually controlled by "only a small number of career officials," the Post wrote.

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