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In response to a federal lawsuit, all parties have settled to continue to allow DOGE access to the Treasury Department systems, but any information they request must be given to them through a Treasury Department employee, eg "read only"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/doge-treasury-payments-system-access-trump-musk
The proposed order would limit Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE to just two individuals with "read-only" access to the data. This comes in response to a lawsuit aiming to block DOGE's access to sensitive information.
The big picture: The suit that was brought by three federal employees unions alleges Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent allowed DOGE representatives to illegally access the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages the U.S. government's accounting, central payment systems and public debt.
The order would permit Tom Krause and Marko Elez, who are described in the proposal as "special government employees" in the Treasury Department, access as needed for the performance of their duties, "provided that such access to payment records will be 'read only.'"
Per the proposal, the "Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service."
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/doge-treasury-payments-system-access-trump-musk
The proposed order would limit Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE to just two individuals with "read-only" access to the data. This comes in response to a lawsuit aiming to block DOGE's access to sensitive information.
The big picture: The suit that was brought by three federal employees unions alleges Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent allowed DOGE representatives to illegally access the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages the U.S. government's accounting, central payment systems and public debt.
The order would permit Tom Krause and Marko Elez, who are described in the proposal as "special government employees" in the Treasury Department, access as needed for the performance of their duties, "provided that such access to payment records will be 'read only.'"
Per the proposal, the "Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service."
