A federal district court allowed a case challenging the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to continue Friday. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for Southern New York ruled the federal government’s arguments for dismissal failed to show the case was moot.
In the latest iteration of court documents calling for dismissal of the case against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), DOJ doubled down on its claim Wednesday that the case is moot.
The American Federation of Government Employees and others argued Monday that charges against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) remains “a live controversy” and shouldn't be dropped.
DOJ argued Friday that a case against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management is no longer relevant and should be dropped.
DOJ said Friday that the government shutdown prevents it from paying its lawyers to continue defending the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) against charges that it improperly accessed sensitive information. As such, DOJ asked a federal court not to resume the case that the American Federation of Government Employees and others brought earlier in the year.
The American Federation of Government Employees and other groups asked a federal court to resume a case that challenges Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive information at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). DOGE's access violated the Privacy Act, the plaintiffs said.
The federal government renewed its call for a court to drop a privacy suit against data-collection efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arguing that a coalition of states lack standing to bring charges.
A coalition of states fired back against the federal government's request that a court dismiss a privacy case against it Thursday, arguing that the lawsuit remains necessary to protect against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessing sensitive state data.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) activities at the Social Security Administration (SSA) involved data security lapses that risk the exposure of more than 300 million Americans’ social security information, alleged a protected whistleblower Tuesday. SSA denied that its handling of the data put citizens at risk, however.
Battles between states and the federal government over what is an appropriate -- and lawful -- amount of data to be shared between agencies and law enforcement is representative of a larger power struggle, said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, IAPP managing director for Washington, D.C., in a blog post Friday.