tkA federal judge this morning indefinitely blocked the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to sensitive data from three federal agencies.
The Department of Education (think: all of the personal information associated with student loans)
The Department of the Treasury (think: personal data associated with taxes, Social Security, etc.)
The Office of Personnel Management
Why?: U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman cited the Privacy Act of 1974. At the time, Congress was concerned that a single bureaucrat could instantaneously collect everyone’s personal information.
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