US EditionDOGE Keeps Gaining Access to Sensitive Data. Now, It Can Cut Off Billions to Farmers
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – DOGE staffers gained unrestricted access to USDA loan data, enabling modification and cancellation of payments affecting over 200 farmers, raising privacy and financial stability concerns.
- On April 29th, USDA staff received a memo indicating that DOGE personnel would be examining farm loans and loan guarantees exceeding $500,000.
- This review stemmed from DOGE's expanding access to the USDA's National Payment Service, which manages sensitive farmer payments and loan data.
- DOGE staff, including former software engineer Jordan Wick, have high-level permissions enabling them to view, modify, and cancel loan and subsidy payments across the system.
- Former FSA administrator Zach Ducheneaux warned that disruptions to payment timing could delay planting, harming crops, while Senator Ron Wyden called DOGE's funding decisions an attack on rural America.
- These developments raise privacy and operational concerns, as DOGE's data use and capacity to deny payments threaten farmer livelihoods and prompt calls for stricter oversight.
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