Ilon Musk, head of the US State Administration of the US Public Administration (DOGE), initiated a large-scale audit of the software used in federal departments. The goal is to identify unused or excess licenses, which will reduce budget expenses and increase the transparency of the state apparatus.
Within the framework of this initiative, DOGE discovered numerous cases of ineffective use of funds. For example, in some departments, with a staff of 13,000 employees, 37,000 software licenses were purchased, such as Winzip, although modern operating systems already support work with archives without additional software. Such inconsistencies raise questions about the appropriateness of such procurement and possible corruption schemes. emphasized that one of the DOGE key tasks is to ensure the execution of all the decrees of President Donald Trump. He noted that many of the signed decrees were not previously performed properly due to bureaucratic delays, and this must be changed.
In addition, Doge plans to conduct audit in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the near future. In the official DOGE account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), an appeal to the public was published with a request to provide information about possible violations related to the activities of SEC.
These actions have already led to significant changes in the work of federal institutions. During the first month of DOGE, it was possible to reduce state expenses by $55 billion, revealing cases of fraud, terminating ineffective contracts, and dismissing thousands of civil servants. However, such radical measures caused criticism from some politicians and public figures who express concern about the possible negative consequences for the stability of the work of state structures.
Mask and his team continue to actively work to optimize government spending and increase transparency in the work of federal departments, despite the difficulties and resistance from some officials.