Treasury agrees to block additional DOGE staff from accessing sensitive payment systems

A court filing shows Treasury has temporarily restricted most DOGE team members’ access to Fiscal Service payment systems to read-only, allowing only Tom Krause (now a Treasury employee) and his colleague Marko Elez to continue limited access while a union lawsuit seeking broader blocks proceeds. Treasury denies reports that DOGE controls payment code, asserting current access is read-only, though questions remain about non-Treasury personnel and the past activities of another DOGE member, Edward Coristine; operational control remains with career staff pending a preliminary injunction ruling.