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Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO

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Tom Krause , a software executive and Elon Musk ally, has been appointed to be Treasury 's Fiscal Assistant Secretary.

Krause has maintained his job as CEO of Cloud Software Group .

Critics say it could be a massive conflict of interest since Krause is in the Treasury .

Last week , the threat intelligence team at one of the Treasury ’s agencies recommended that DOGE members be monitored as an “insider threat” The Office of the Inspector General at the Treasury said it would be auditing the government’s payment systems in response to concerns raised by Democratic senators.