EPA issues guidance that spending of $50,000 or more must gain approval of Doge

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Fri 7 Mar 2025 15.22 EST


The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued new guidance directing that spending items greater than $50,000 now require approval from Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), even as Donald Trump began putting some distance between Musk’s reach and the power of government department heads – at least over job cuts.

“Any assistance agreement, contract or interagency agreement transaction [valued at] $50,000 or greater must receive approval from an EPA DOGE team member,” the EPA guidance says, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. The EPA did not respond to a request from the news agency on Friday for comment.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate environment and public works committee, called the new directive “troubling”, adding that it means agency actions, including routine contracts and grant awards, “now face unnecessary bureaucratic delays”.

Whitehouse added that the involvement of Musk’s “unvetted, inexperienced team raises serious concerns about improper external influence on specialized agency decision-making”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/epa-guidance-doge-approval

[turbinetree]

1. And who are these pointy heads.....the US Supreme Court just basically gutted the EPA............

[patphil]

2. $50,000 is like pennies in the area of government expenditures.

This is just a means of preventing the EPA from doing business.

[cstanleytech]

3. Umm, thats not even legal.

[PSPS]

4. Haven't you heard? If the president permits or does something, it's legal by definition.

[Karasu]

5. Like that even needs to be said. Almost nothing this administration has done is legal. It hasn't mattered much.

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