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Government employee unions sue Treasury to stop DOGE from accessing sensitive data

  • A federal judge has ordered that employees of Elon Musk be locked out of the U.S. Treasury's internal systems managing $6 trillion in payments, as announced by Norm Eisen from the Brookings Institution.
  • The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of labor organizations against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for granting unauthorized access to the Department of Government Efficiency .
  • The plaintiffs argue that allowing DOGE workers access violates federal privacy laws, which protect taxpayer information from unauthorized disclosure.
  • The court's decision has led to discussions about enforcement, with calls for security to prevent unauthorized access to the Treasury building.
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Does DOGE have your personal information?

(NewsNation) — Current and former officials have been raising the alarm after a team led by Elon Musk was granted access to the Treasury's payment systems, which include sensitive data on millions of Americans. The White House says that Musk, a South African tech billionaire, has a security clearance to access the system; however, the agency typically restricts access to a very small number of senior personnel because of the sensitivity of the i…

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Judge to weigh whether to block DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records

Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency faces its first major legal hurdle this afternoon when a federal judge in Washington, D.C., considers blocking the newly formed arm of the federal government from accessing sensitive records from the Treasury Department. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is hearing arguments Wednesday over whether she should issue a temporary restrainin…

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El Mundo broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, February 3, 2025.
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