This morning, employees from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) received an e -mail from the US Treasury Department in which it was announced that Tom Krause, a software executive and Elon Musk Ally, was appointed to perform the delegated tasks of the tax assistant secretary. “That role was previously inhabited by David Lebryk, who resigned after he refused to allow the so -called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) of Musk. Although it was previously reported that Krause, who had been called a government employee, had obtained the old position of Lebryk,” the email is also in particular “.
“Tom brings more than 20 years of experience in leading, building and positioning software and technology companies for long-term value and success,” is the e-mail. “Tom is currently the CEO of Cloud Software Group that manages and operates multiple mission -critical Enterprise software companies.”
In response to questions from Wired, a representative of the company said “Tom de CEO of Cloud Software Group” and last week I sent a copy of an e -mail that was sent to the employees of the company, in which Krause wrote: “In addition to my tasks such as CEO of Cloud Software Group, I advise the US Department of Treatye as a ‘Specyty Te TeRasury for a’ Speceyee. serve.
Treasury did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Cloud Software Group did not respond to questions about whether Krause would continue to draw a salary from the company during his time at the treasury.
In a statement submitted in the court case on Thursday Alliance for retired Americans against the Department of the TreasuryKrause: “While in this treasury role I also have my employment as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cloud Software Group, Inc., a private company consisting of different business software companies. This regulation has been approved by Treasury’s Ethics Office, which was made,” that established, ” In the same statement, Krause said: “I have not yet taken on those tasks” as a secretary of tax assistant.
“I can’t think of another example where this took place, but I think it is part of a broader pattern of erasing interest conflicts within the federal government,” says Don Moynihan, a professor in public policy at Michigan University. “Federal employees cannot take more than a gift of $ 25 from someone who may try to influence their actions. On the other hand, their bosses run private companies at the same time and also run parts of the government that influence their companies.”
In particular, he says, he says, could be a conflict of interest in the industry because “it influences everything.” And all alleged conflicts of interest may not be limited to only Krause’s own company. “There is now a network of people from Silicon Valley and Corporate America who work together,” says Moynihan. “And so it’s not just about the conflict of interest he might have with his company, but the way he is in to help that wider network that now run the government effectively.”
