Federal Court Rules OPM Unlawfully Disclosed Sensitive Data to Department of Government Efficiency

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) violated the Privacy Act by granting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) broad access to sensitive personal data belonging to tens of millions of current, former, and prospective federal employees. The court emphasized that IT modernization does not necessitate access to confidential personal information and that DOGE employees had no job-related need for such access.