JUDGE: Education Dept Can’t Give Data To DOGE

Politico reports:

A federal judge has barred the Education Department and the Office of Personnel Management — the government’s massive HR department — from sharing sensitive information with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” saying the decision to grant DOGE access appears to breach federal privacy laws.

“The continuing, unauthorized disclosure of plaintiffs’ sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates is irreparable harm that money damages cannot rectify,” U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Maryland-based appointee of President Joe Biden, wrote Monday in a 33-page ruling granting a two-week restraining order.

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BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing sensitive data with DOGE. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…

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