President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that put a temporary freeze on the use of federal credit cards, the New York Post reported.

Government-issued credit cards will be frozen for 30 days as part of the larger “Cost Efficiency Initiative” to reign in federal spending on contracts, grants, and loans by requiring federal agencies to develop a centralized system to record and justify payments. “To the maximum extent permitted by law, all credit cards held by agency employees shall be treated as frozen for 30 days from the date of this order,” read the portion on government credit cards.

The pause is part of the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative to weed out federal “waste, fraud, and abuse.” DOGE has discovered the U.S. government has some 4.6 million active credit cards or credit card accounts on file, far exceeding the total number of government workers which is approximately 3 million, not including contractors or active duty military. 

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