Doge can access the data while the judge rules
A US judge declined to block Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing or transferring data from seven government agencies. The judge said that DOGE’s actions violate the Privacy Act of 1974. The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions.
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is what it is
US President Donald Trump-led Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) is a shadow government that is run by Elon Musk, who is a government employee and can work for up to 130 days a year. This comes as Musk claimed routine payments of the Treasury are violating the law and asserted that USAID is “a criminal organisation” without providing evidence.
Musk was tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency
Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been appointed by US President Donald Trump to help him “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations” and cut wasteful expenditure through the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE). Musk had said that the federal government’s budget could be slashed by $2 trillion in 2024. Ramaswamy had dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in January.