A representative from the Department of Government Efficiency has begun working at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to identify wasteful contracts. The new DOGE agency has begun audits of several government institutions as its mandate is to reduce government waste and spending.

An employee from the controversial new department will review VA contracts and IT system operations, VA officials confirmed.

DOGE has gained access to government employees' sensitive information via the Office of Personnel Management, payment systems at the Treasury Department and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare this week.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency representatives are at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week examining payment and contracting systems of federal health agency. Two senior agency veterans focused on policy and operations are working with DOGE to review the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid,