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David Lebryk on US Department of Government Efficiency, fraud, and fixing government payments

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Tags: politics.usa, usa, republican party, donald trump, elon musk, department of government efficiency, crime, fraud, payments, government, bureau of fiscal service, us treasury, interviews, david lebryk, substack.statecraft, author.santi ruiz, long read
https://www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-run-a-5-trillion-payment-system

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Title
How to Run a $5 Trillion Payment System
Authors
Santi Ruiz
Published
Apr 17 2025
Word count
3833 words

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  1. skybrian
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    From the interview introduction:

    From the interview introduction:

     At the end of January, the Trump administration pushed out a top Treasury Department official after he refused to give DOGE access to the government's vast payment system. We're talking to him today. It's one of his first public interviews since leaving the civil service.

    David Lebryk was the highest-ranking civil servant in the Treasury Department and one of the most senior civil servants in the entire federal government. He was responsible for overseeing the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which puts out more than 90% of federal payments every year. That’s more than a billion transactions and more than $5 trillion.

    Lebryk did not want to go into the blow-by-blow of his leaving the administration early this year. We discussed a number of topics I think you'll find highly relevant:

    • How the Bureau of the Fiscal Service works
    • How it prevents fraud, waste, and abuse
    • Why DOGE’s plans for Treasury won't work out the way it intends
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