The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) doubled down Monday when they filed a memorandum supporting their motion to dismiss a case alleging DOGE accessed sensitive personal data from OPM in violation of the 1974 Privacy Act. The departments argue that the plaintiffs -- current and former federal employees -- failed to state claims under the Privacy Act and lack standing, among other issues.
A judge for the U.S. District Court for Maryland denied a motion from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Education Department to stay pending appeal in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive personal information. The court allowed its previously ordered preliminary injunction to continue.
Current and former federal employees -- plaintiffs in a case alleging the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessed sensitive personal data in violation of the 1974 Privacy Act -- filed a motion opposing the government's motion to dismiss Monday, alleging DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) failed to protect the security of records loaded with sensitive personal information.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman granted the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)'s motion for preliminary injunction Monday against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Education Department over the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive personal information at the departments. "No matter how important or urgent the President’s DOGE agenda may be, federal agencies must execute it in accordance with the law," she said. "That likely did not happen in this case."
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the California Student Association’s motion for expedited discovery in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive information. Judge Randolph Moss ruled the students failed to show expedited discovery is needed in case 25-00354.
New York and 19 other states Friday opposed the federal government's motion to partially dissolve a preliminary injunction in a case about Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) unauthorized access to sensitive information of Americans within the Treasury Department. The state AGs said the U.S. District Court for Southern New York should deny the motion because the defendants didn't fully address the court's concerns.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) asked a New York court to dismiss a complaint against them in a case alleging DOGE accessed sensitive personal data in violation of the 1974 Privacy Act. They allege the plaintiffs -- current and former federal employees -- lack subject matter jurisdiction and standing because they have not suffered a cognizable injury, nor have they sufficiently alleged causation or redressability.
The University of California Student Association on Wednesday filed a reply further supporting their request for expedited discovery in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive information, after Acting U.S. Department of Education Secretary Denise Carter asked a federal court on Monday to deny their March 4 motion (see 2503110039).
Acting U.S. Department of Education Secretary Denise Carter asked a federal court on Monday to deny the California Student Association’s March 4 motion for expedited discovery in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive information. Carter alleges the student association hasn't made a case for expedited discovery and failed to show the irreparable harm DOGE's access to Education Department records would have on its members.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued the federal government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Friday for failing to respond to a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about its information security and worker privacy practices, EPIC said Monday.