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Federal judge temporarily restricts DOGE access to personalized Social Security data
An Obama-appointed judge in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Thursday restricting the Department of Government ...
Is DOGE risking the government's cybersecurity? Some have lost their jobs to block them.
DOGE workers are scrutinizing federal databases to cut spending, but does that sweeping access to private information risk a ...
Forbes16d
Judge Eases Ban On DOGE Staffer Accessing Sensitive U.S. Treasury Data
months after a group of Democratic state attorneys general sued to block DOGE’s access to private information. The judge ruled a DOGE staffer could access Treasury data if he goes through ...
Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data
Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...
The Hill17d
Judge softens ban on DOGE access to Treasury Department data
from accessing sensitive payment data at the Treasury Department. U.S. District Judge Jeanette A. Vargas in a late-Friday opinion gave one DOGE staffer permission to access sensitive payment ...
NPR29d
DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems
U.S. District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, has so far declined to block DOGE from its ... Jeannette Vargas blocked DOGE access to Treasury data on Feb. 21, finding "a real ...
FedScoop26d
Judge denies OPM’s motion to dismiss DOGE ‘data disclosure’ case
Demonstrators gather outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 to protest federal layoffs ... DOGE agents access to a wide gamut of federal human resources ...
Washington Examiner17d
Judge allows one DOGE employee access to Treasury data
In her ruling, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said DOGE employee Ryan Wunderly can access the Treasury’s payment system and data systems as long as he completes training “typically required of ...
The Washington Post14d
Inside DOGE’s push to defy a court order and access Social Security data
The DOGE hunt for data forced the ... to get Steffensen fired for failing to get them access. Members of the DOGE team also sought an exemption from the judge for several projects, the officials ...
The Hill27d
Judge extends block on probationary employee firings, but only in some states
U.S. District Judge James Bredar previously ordered officials to temporarily reinstate probationary employees fired ... (DOGE) have looked to make sweeping cuts to the federal bureaucracy ...
9NEWS17d
Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information
NEW YORK — A New York judge has relaxed a ban she’d put on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing sensitive Treasury Department information related to ...
The New York Times17d
Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data
Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block ... judge ruled on Friday that one member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency program could have access to sensitive payment and data systems ...