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DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions

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Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars worth of active contracts with various federal agencies.

Critics have expressed concern about the alleged conflicts of interest posed by Krause ’s decision to keep his role in the private sector.

Krause is the only Trump administration official identified so far as being a CEO and a day-to-day decision maker inside one particular agency.

Krause joined Florida -based Cloud Software Group in 2022 .

The company was created as part of a private equity-backed acquisition of Citrix , followed by merger with Tibco .

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