Judge rules DOGE not exempt from open records laws

What is Elon Musk’s DOGE, the secretive unit operating in the public eye?

U.S. President Donald Trump has regularly praised tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for its role in cutting the size of the federal workforce

‘Double Standard’: DC Court That Shielded John Kerry’s Staff Changed Its Tune When It Came To DOGE

A federal judge ordered DOGE to disclose staff identities in response to FOIA lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics.

The Needle: Pungent Musk Edition

Win some, lose some: A federal judge in D.C. ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Sieg heil!-giving hatchet man Elon Musk, is likely subject to the Freedom of Information Act. That’s a win for transparency at a government agency that has been gaslighting the public about work from the jump. DOGE has posted data online about the cuts of government contracts, falsely claiming tens of billions of dollars in savings. Now, th…

Democrats Find a New Way to Spy: Doxxing DOGE

Judge Tanya Chutkan, who comes from a family of Jamaican Marxists, has granted a request by several Democrat state attorneys general to dox personnel at DOGE. She is allowing access to the identities of its personnel and details on the extent of authority held by DOGE and Elon Musk. This ruling comes amidst concerns over […] The post Democrats Find a New Way to Spy: Doxxing DOGE appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences

The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.

A little-known law is in the spotlight: What to know about the Privacy Act of 1974

The Privacy Act of 1974 protects personal information collected across federal agencies. Privacy groups and attorneys are invoking it to block access to personal records by DOGE.