Judge denies Treasury workers’ request to block DOGE’s access to their personal data

 

Judge denies Treasury workers’ request to block DOGE’s access to their personal data


A federal judge is denying an attempt by federal workers’ unions to lock down potentially private personal information from the Department of Government Efficiency’s work in the Treasury Department.

The major ruling Friday came from the Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the DC District Court, who previously grilled Trump administration lawyers about Elon Musk’s role in DOGE and who may be directing DOGE staffers’ efforts within the Treasury Department.

Kollar-Kotelly said, however, that the workers’ unions hadn’t presented enough evidence to clear the high bar needed for emergency relief. She denied their request for a preliminary injunction over DOGE and the Treasury Department’s access to sensitive banking information in its payments systems.

The judge noted that the Treasury Department has taken steps to monitor and control DOGE’s access to a highly protected payment system used for sending out payments on trillions of dollars of bills across the federal government.

The department has also told the court it is limiting risk that sensitive information could be disclosed outside of government.

Some context: The case is one of several that have challenged DOGE’s access to data and personal information in various federal agencies under privacy laws.

The cases are largely not yet clearing the bar for judges to block DOGE’s access indefinitely, but the court fights are continuing as defendants try to gather more evidence about what DOGE is doing and Musk’s role in the staffers’ work.

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