The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, has suspended almost half a million government credit cards in use by federal officials as of this week, Newsweek reports.

Like a parent canceling the ill-advised gift of a credit card to a teenager, DOGE chief Elon Musk has deactivated credit cards issued to employees of 30 federal agencies.

Since its inception, DOGE has recommended the firing of more than 200,000 federal workers, and 75,000 workers have accepted the Trump administration’s offer to voluntarily resign, notes the Newsweek report.

On Tuesday, DOGE wrote on X that it had deactivated about 470,000 credit cards in its crackdown on federal spending.

“Credit Card Update! The program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards has been expanded to 30 agencies. After 7 weeks, ~470k cards have been de-activated. As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do,” the post said.

Musk added on X Wednesday: “Twice as many credit cards are issued and active than the total number of government employees! Crazy.”

Twice as many credit cards are issued and active than the total number of government employees! Crazy. https://t.co/6Zfr3fyHM8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2025