US EditionJudge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at U.S. agencies
- A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing private data at the Education Department, Treasury Department, and Office of Personnel Management, pending legal proceedings.
- U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit from a coalition of labor unions, including the American Federation of Teachers, claiming privacy law violations by the Trump administration.
- Boardman stated that the Trump administration likely violated the law by granting DOGE access to sensitive data without consent, noting a breach of public trust.
- The injunction protects personal information of individual plaintiffs and may be challenged on appeal.
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Letter: DOGE facilitates private takeover of government | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The primary function, duty and reason for being of any government is to provide security for its people. Since Jan. 21, this administration — elected and unelected — has gravely endangered our national security, our financial security, our social security, our election security and our international security, as well as our food security, our health security, our air safety and our basic constitutional and human rights.
Georgia Public Broadcasting
DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.
Appeals court temporarily halts order finding DOGE ‘likely unconstitutional’ - Washington Examiner
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily paused a sweeping ruling that had dealt a major blow to the Department of Government Efficiency, which a lower court found had likely acted unconstitutionally in attempting to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay on U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang’s order, which required USAID to restore access to email and s…
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