DOGE cancels over 200,000 credit cards — Who is affected and what it means

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has deactivated over 200,000 federal government credit cards that were found to be unused or unnecessary across more than a dozen agencies.
The move is part of DOGE’s ongoing mission, spearheaded by Elon Musk, to address fraud, waste, and corruption within the federal system.

Audit Uncovers Excessive Credit Card Accounts

DOGE, in a statement posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, confirmed that following a three-week audit, a total of 204,801 credit cards have been canceled so far.
These include 171,120 travel cards and 33,681 purchase cards.
The initiative, carried out as a pilot program with 16 federal agencies, aimed at reviewing unused and redundant government-issued credit cards, as mentioned in a report by Fox News.

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«Weekly Credit Card Update! After 3 weeks, more than 200,000 cards have been deactivated. Great progress this past week by @HHSGov and @Interior,» DOGE posted.

Agencies Affected by the Cancellations

The agencies impacted by this mass deactivation include some of the largest federal departments, such as the General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of the Interior, Treasury Department, NASA, Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Homeland Security, among others.

Notably, the Interior Department recorded the highest number of canceled cards — nearly 20,000 purchase cards and 40,000 travel cards.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) followed, with over 43,700 travel credit cards and 2,235 purchase cards deactivated.

However, the State Department emerged as the only agency among the 16 that did not have any credit cards canceled during this initial phase of the