This is what has been unclear so far. What kind of access is the DOGE seeking? Read access seems within the scope of their "mandate" to audit spending. But if they are going to insert themselves into the process or start blocking payments, that's much more concerning.

I would hope there would be some check and balance, or a transparent procedure, or even a paper trail involved here. /s

(Who am I kidding? FOIA offices are probably going to be slashed; independent Inspector Generals have been forced out.)

Congress has the data. There's even current public sources for monthly and daily ledger values (and a live API) at https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/ and https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/

There's zero reason to do all this for read only access, I strongly feel he's pushing for the CA keys behind the system that would allow write access to the ledgers.

It’s going to be really funny if Trump realizes that maybe he didn’t read all of DOGE’s fine print, and gets buyer’s remorse because he’s the one on the hook for crashing the economy, not Musk. Well, it won’t be funny at all actually.

It will be hilarious for China though, you can take heart in that.