A federal judge has denied a request to block access to the DOGE, in the records of the seven agencies of government. Therefore, the team is led by Elon Musk can continue this activity, and in his “review of the costs and reduce the number of employees. In the early hours in the past there have been layoffs in the FAA (The Federal Aviation), and the FDA (the Food and Drug). DOGE is also requested access to the records of the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).
A preliminary injunction is available
The prosecutor-general from 14 states filed a complaint on February 13, asking judge Tanya Chutkan to block the access to the records of the seven government agencies, through a temporary order of prohibition, because the DOGE does not have the authority.
Elon Musk, was chosen by Donald Trump to lead the DOGE, is not, in fact, an employee of the government, but it is only an adviser to the President, as he declared, the director of the Office of Administration. Therefore, it can be taken any decision in relation to the cuts in the labor force, or access to the data.
The judge denied the injunction of the ban to be temporary (PDF file), but it was confirmed that the DOGE, and Musk did not have the authority. The prosecutors of the General, after that you can request for a preliminary injunction to block the access to the records of the seven agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (ZKP), the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, Labor, Health care, and Transportation.
Two days ago, the DOGE asked for access to the System, the integration of the Restoration of Data to the Service, the Internal Revenue (equivalent to the Agency, the Italian Revenue). The Musk may be after of the information to be sensitive to the taxpayers of the usa, including Social Security numbers, bank accounts, and tax refunds.
Meanwhile, the cuts in the workforce and continue. The administration Trump has fired hundreds of employees of the FAA. The secretary of the u.s. Department of Transportation announced that a team of SpaceX and will be charged with the maintenance of the system, a current of air traffic control.
DOGE was also about 20 employees of the FDA, who had followed the trial of the implant in the brain of Neuralink, a company, the next Elon Musk. There was even a vacation planned for NASA, but the employees were in a place of their own. Jared Isaacman, the chosen Trump to lead the agency in space, you are likely to talk about.
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