DOGE’s Data Access Attacked by Workers Adding to Legal Blitz (2)

Feb. 11, 2025, 7:56 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 12, 2025, 1:14 AM UTC

Dozens of federal employees on Tuesday challenged the Trump administration’s decision to allow Elon Musk’s team access to their personal information.

A coalition of anonymous federal employees and contractors, joined by the American Federation of Government Employees and AFL-CIO, sued to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Office of Personnel Management’s records. OPM, the federal government’s HR division, holds detailed records on 2.2 million civilian employees. DOGE is Musk’s cost-cutting initiative.

A separate group of federal employees on Tuesday afternoon filed a proposed class action challenging DOGE’s access to their personal data. The suit, filed in the ...

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