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A team from the Department of Government Efficiency can now access a
sensitive Treasury Department system that controls trillions of dollars
in federal payments, a judge ruled late Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas gave permission for four DOGE
employees to access the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which essentially
serves as the checkbook for the federal government. Vargas said she
would no longer require the Trump administration to get permission from
the court before expanding access to other DOGE representatives.
The ruling marks a win for the Trump administration and DOGE, which
caused a legal firestorm in February when it tried to get access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems. A group of Democratic attorneys general sued to block their access, and Vargas temporarily blocked their
access in February but permitted DOGE to build a system to access the
data with appropriate training and restrictions.
In April, Vargas allowed one DOGE employee to begin accessing the
system. In yesterday’s ruling, she said the Trump administration had established a system to train employees to prevent improper disclosures.
The attorneys general did not object to allowing DOGE’s access if the employees were properly trained.
"There is little utility in having this Court function as Treasury’s de
facto human resources officer each time a new team member is onboarded,"
Vargas said.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-allows-doge-access-sensitive-treasu ry-payment-systems/story?id=122261449
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