Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying potential wasteful spending by asking for their “insights”. The official DOGE X account posted the following on Sunday evening:

“DOGE is looking for help from the general public! Please DM insight for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, along with any helpful insights of awesome ideas, to the relevant DOGE affiliates (found on the Affiliates tab). For example, @DOGE_USDA, @DOGE_SSA, etc. We will add more affiliates over time.”

The post has received almost 45 million views in under 48 hours. Musk himself posted an emoji of a smiley face with sunglasses in response to it. The affiliate account focused on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a similar message: “DOGE is seeking help from the public! Please DM this account with insights on finding and fixing waste, fraud and abuse relating to the Securities and Exchange Commissions.”

In January DOGE posted its achievements: “DOGE is saving the Federal Government approx. $1 billion/day, mostly from stopping the hiring of people into unnecessary positions, deletion of DEI and stopping improper payments to foreign organizations, all consistent with the President’s Executive Orders.”

Now DOGE has set up the “DOGE affiliate” accounts for multiple agencies as it asks the public to take part in eliminating government waste. Departments with accounts thus far include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the State Department, NASA, Social Security Administration and multiple other federal agencies.

President Donald Trump used an executive order to form DOGE soon after he took office for the second time on Jan. 20. He and Musk have stated the goal of the department is to significantly pull back spending and boost efficiency within the federal government.

Overall, DOGE is looking to trim $2 trillion in government spending, with Musk telling Stagwell Inc. CEO Mark Penn early last month that it had a “good shot at getting” $1 trillion, reports Fox Business.



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