A federal judge on June 9 temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal government employee records.
U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote with the Southern District of New York ruled against the Trump administration, finding that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) violated the Privacy Act of 1974 and its established practices under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Cote did not determine the scope of her injunction against DOGE and OPM but said in her order that she will do so this week.
“The plaintiffs have shown that the defendants disclosed OPM records to individuals who had no legal right of access to those records,” Cote wrote in her 99-page ruling. “In doing so, the defendants violated the Privacy Act and departed from cybersecurity standards that they are obligated to follow….
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks DOGE From Accessing Federal Records
