A key member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team arrived at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in order to conduct an audit of the agency’s spending and functions, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal citing three people familiar with the matter.
Gavin Kliger, who has played a key role in Musk’s DOGE initiative while embedded with the Office of Personnel Management, met with senior IRS executives on Thursday. Kliger’s visit marked the first time a member of Musk’s DOGE team has visited the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters.
According to a separate report from Reuters, senior IRS officials were instructed to identify all “non-essential” contracts for termination, according to an email that was reviewed by the outlet.
In the email, senior executives were told that the General Services Administration (GSA), which manages the vast majority of government contracts, has ordered the IRS to review all contracts that fall under their purview in order to determine whether they will remain necessary. The GSA has the authority to deem a contract if it “merely generates a report, research, coaching, or an artifact,” the email states.
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