Treasury Access by DOGE Partly Limited by Judge for Now
- Judge caps payments system access as she weighs longer pause
- Temporary curbs are first ones imposed since Musk went to work
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A US judge temporarily limited access to the US Treasury Department’s payments system after a group of unions accused the agency of illegally sharing their members’ information with Elon Musk’s government efficiency group.
US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Thursday issued an order, with the consent of the unions and the Treasury Department, that bars Treasury from providing access “to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service,” with some exceptions. The arrangement holds while she considers the unions’ request for a longer pause as their lawsuit plays out.