This is the gonna be what’s comining in response to consultant Elon Musk’s DOGE gaining access to US Government information data by force…
The suit is from employee’s and groups who have their payroll and other information in what they ‘thought’ where ‘secured’ US Government computer systems….
The Treasury Department was sued by a coalition of groups over the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) officials receiving access to the federal payment system for the federal government.
The suit was filed by the Public Citizen Litigation Group, State Democracy Defenders Fund, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government Employees and the Service Employees International Union.
The groups allege the department shared confidential data with DOGE, which is run by tech billionaire Elon Musk.
“The Department of Treasury maintains the sensitive personal and financial information of millions of Americans, and federal laws protect such data from improper disclosure and misuse, including by barring disclosure to individuals who lack a lawful and legitimate need for it,” the group said in a release.
Musk allies working with DOGE reportedly were given access to the department’s federal payment system over the weekend. Democratic lawmakers and groups alike protested the move.
The Treasury Department controls $6 trillion annually and distributes the funds for various programs like Social Security and Medicare, salaries for federal workers, payments to government contractors and grant recipients, and tax refunds….
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DOGE officials have defended their actions by saying they were going to be sorting through government spending to make sure it algins with President Trump’s agenda, but Democrats are sounding the alarm and say confidential information like tax records could have been compromised….
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately reassured Republican lawmakers Monday that Elon Musk and his team do not have control over a sensitive government system that manages the flow of trillions of dollars in payments, according to five lawmakers in the room for a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.
Bessent’s comments came amid a growing controversy over Musk’s efforts to gain access to vast swaths of the federal government. Bessent sparked an uproar over the weekend by granting Musk’s government efficiency team access to the payments network following a dispute that led to the sudden resignation of Treasury’s top career official. Democrats have blasted the move as unprecedented political interference with how the federal government disburses funds….
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