I haven’t see this covered here, which surprised me so please excuse the short post about it.
Huge legal victory blocking Musk out of the treasury system
followed up by this:
Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict staffers associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.
The agreement comes after a group of union members and retirees sued the Treasury Department alleging that providing DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system — and the personal data housed in it — violated federal privacy laws.
Nandan Joshi, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said, “We’re pleased that the court acted quickly to put in safeguards to protect people’s personal information until the facts are sorted out. Americans who rely on Social Security and similar programs should be able to trust their government to handle their sensitive information with the utmost care. No one should ever face having their personal information used for improper purposes without their consent, which is why we’ve brought this case.”
This will be in place until a full hearing in Feb 24th.
