The U.S. Supreme Court decided 6–3 to give the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) temporary access to private information that the Social Security Administration (SSA) possesses, a contentious decision. Previous decisions from lower courts that had prohibited such access because of privacy concerns are overturned by this decision. For additional review, the case will now return to Richmond’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. DOGE: What Is It?Early in his second term, former President Donald Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Modernizing antiquated government software, systems, and data operations across federal agencies was its obvious goal. Trump hailed...
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