Judge 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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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…

Judge bars DOGE access to sensitive personal information at 3 federal agencies
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Personnel Management and Treasury Department were temporarily barred by a federal judge on Monday from disclosing the “personally identifiable information” of a lawsuit’s plaintiffs and organization members to Elon Musk’s U.S.…
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