The U.S. District Court for Southern New York Friday partially dissolved a preliminary injunction prohibiting Treasury Department employees who are not in a Senate-confirmed position from accessing department systems that contain personally identifiable information (PII) or financial information of payees. The court ruled the states were unlikely to succeed on their E-Government and Privacy Act of 1974 claims.
FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Friday asked a federal court to expedite their reinstatement at the agency, arguing the law is clear that their firings were illegal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument Wednesday on the National Treasury Employees Union’s pursuit of an emergency stay of President Donald Trump's executive order slashing staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The challenge is one of several that NTEU, which represents FCC employees, has against recent efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Trump administration (see 2503310047).
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon filed a motion to dismiss a case about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)'s access to sensitive information in the department Tuesday, saying that the California Student Association -- plaintiff in the case -- lack standing and haven't shown irreparable harm.
In a split decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday granted a motion from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Education Department to stay a pending appeal in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive personal information. The U.S. District Court for Maryland previously denied the stay on the grounds that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm without the preliminary injunction (see 2503280058).
On Thursday, District Judge Denise Cote partially rejected the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) motion to dismiss a case alleging violations of the 1974 Privacy Act.
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."