Elon Musk's Access to Government Data

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Elon Musk’s secretive government IT takeover, explained

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Elon Musk and his team at the newly created Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to IT systems controlling critical functions of the federal government.

Watchdogs and Democratic lawmakers suspect that Musk ’s endgame is not just visibility into the payments the government is making, but also control over them.

Watchdog groups are demanding more transparency into why DOGE is seeking access to these IT systems in the first place.

Current and former government employees sued the Trump administration on Monday claiming that it violated privacy laws in allowing their data to be disclosed to Musk and his team.

The same concerns may apply to other federal agencies' IT systems that DOGE has sought to access.

They may also give Musk the ability to interfere in the management of the federal budget set by Congress .

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