The Justice Department agreed on Wednesday to limit the number of employees affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who have access to the Department of Treasury's sensitive federal payment system.
Two “special government officials” who already have access to a system known as financial services maintain a read-only permission. Suggested Order It was filed as part of a lawsuit filed by several unions against the Ministry of Finance.
Cloud Software Group CEOs Tom Krause and Marko Elez will continue to have access to financial services, but they cannot edit or modify the system that handles 90% of federal payments.
The mask cannot access the payment system under the order.
The order approved by Judge Colleen Collee Cottery on Thursday morning will be held while the judge considers whether to grant a provisional injunction to the union.
The Alliance for Retired Americans, the United Nations of Employees of the US Government and the United Nations of Service Employees on Monday sued Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent and the agency to help Elon Musk and other Doge employees. prevented access to the system.
The union accused them of inappropriate disclosure of personal and financial information that are sensitive to mask allies. His efforts to access his payment system were previously rejected by the Treasury Secretary, who had previously resigned.
“The scale of invasions into individual privacy is large and unprecedented,” the union wrote. “Millions of people cannot avoid engaging in financial transactions with the federal government, so it is impossible to avoid maintaining government records sensitive personal and financial information.”
“Secretary Becent's lawsuit means granting full, continuous, and continuous access to that information for an unspecified period of time. They will receive the protections provided by federal law,” it continued. .
