A federal judge ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can continue to access Labor Department systems, despite concerns raised by labor unions. The unions argued that DOGE's access could compromise sensitive worker and medical data, but the judge said they had not yet provided sufficient evidence of legal harm.
A federal judge on Friday said he would not immediately block the Department of Government Efficiency, or
, and keeps records on these investigations. The department also has information about these companies' competitors' trade secrets, the unions said in the lawsuit. staffers assigned to the Labor Department and reporting to its acting secretary, although they have been made special government employees and are required to follow the law with any sensitive information about corporations or workers as they conduct a review. Musk’s
is violating multiple laws, from constitutional limits on executive power, to laws protecting civil servants from arbitrary threats and adverse action, to crucial protections for government data collected and stored on hundreds of millions of Americans,' labor union lawyers represented by the advocacy group Democracy Forward wrote. ELON MUSK DUNKS ON SEN.
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