DOGE Staffer Broke Treasury Rules Transmitting Personal Data
- Forensic analysis found spreadsheet was sent to US officials
- Court filing highlights risks in government database access
The US Treasury building in Washington.
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A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency violated Treasury Department policies when he sent a spreadsheet containing personal information to two other people in the Trump administration, a federal official revealed in a court filing Friday.
That DOGE staffer was Marko Elez, who left his job tracking Treasury payments after social media posts linking him to racist beliefs surfaced online. He has since been rehired by DOGE at the Social Security Administration.