Unions Sue Treasury Department Over 'DOGE' Access To Sensitive Data
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Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
A pair of labor unions has sued the Treasury Department for granting the Trump administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” access to the federal government’s payment systems.
The American Federation of Government Employees and the Service Employees International Union filed their lawsuit on Monday, alleging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent violated federal law meant to protect people’s sensitive personal and financial information.
The New York Times reported Saturday that Bessent provided the data access to representatives of DOGE, which President Donald Trump has tasked with eliminating federal jobs and cutting government spending. DOGE, which is not a real government agency, is led by Trump ally Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.
The unions, which both represent federal employees, called the alleged privacy intrusion “massive and unprecedented.”
“People who must share information with the federal government should not be forced to share information with Elon Musk or his ‘DOGE,’” the complaint states. “And federal law says they do not have to.”
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