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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:52PM (#43529458)
This sounds reasonable with FedNow being live (which the Treasury was a founding member of when they went live)?

EO: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/mode...

Edit: They're centralizing control of payment flows.

(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall support agencies’ transition to digital payment methods, including by providing access through the Department of the Treasury’s centralized payment systems to: (i) direct deposits; (ii) debit and credit card payments; (iii) digital wallets and real-time payment systems; and (iv) other modern electronic payment options.

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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by Gigachad on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:53PM (#43529469)
Is an executive order the correct way to go about this though? Aren’t they for handling emergencies?
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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by Henchman21 on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:55PM (#43529485)
The emergency is that Congress has given up its duties.
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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by _rm on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:03PM (#43529553)
Haven't they like literally not passed a single bill yet?
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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:05PM (#43529567)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes
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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:54PM (#43529480)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order

Not just for emergencies, although etiquette would’ve dictated a federal agency proposing the EO before being issued by POTUS.

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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by voidfunc on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:55PM (#43529481)
Executive orders being for emergencies went out the window ages ago.
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Re:Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks by cyanydeez on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:24PM (#43529691)
Sounds reasonable if the current regime wasn't a bunch of kleptocrats.
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