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Unions Sue Treasury Department Over 'DOGE' Access To Sensitive Data
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/unions-sue-treasury-doge-payment-data_n_67a1627fe4b09c948561d066
Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
By Dave Jamieson
Feb 3, 2025, 08:08 PM EST
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.
“DOGE’s access to the payment systems has raised concerns that it could provide Musk’s team with a way to block spending that’s been authorized by Congress.”
The unions, which both represent federal employees, called the alleged privacy intrusion “massive and unprecedented.”
FULL story at link above.