Elon Musk’s blitz through the US federal government caused a “constitutional emergency,” senior Democrats warned, calling for the launch of a fair investigation into access to sensitive data from billionaire big names.
Robert C. “Bobby” Scott is a ranking member of the House Committee and Committee on Education and Workforce and is a leader in the Democratic leadership, calling attention to the “Sky of Surveillance” as the so-called “Government Efficiency” (DOGE). did. Leading by the world’s wealthiest person, you’ll access information within a range of agencies, including the Department of Education, Labor and Health and Human Services.
In a letter seen by the Guardian, Scott said the government’s Accountability Office, a nonpartisan federal watchdog, was able to lay the department’s IT system by Musk and his team, the legality of such a move, and immediately I requested that they investigate. It means “for children and vulnerable workers.”
“This is a constitutional emergency,” he wrote. “As long as the Department of Education, Labor and Health and Human Services inspectors were fired by President Trump, it is now impossible to monitor for a very young and inexperienced team and the wealthiest man in the world, the world’s wealthiest man who is the leader. They gain dangerously wide power.”
Scott wants agencies to provide answers to the legality and impact of Doge that is permeating private data in these federal sectors.
That comes after a senior Democrat from the House Oversight Committee demands that the unit investigate potential national security breaches.
Since Donald Trump took office in his second term, Musk and his staff have forced access to servers and confidential information, lacking oversight into Congressional authority and their actions, and numerous lawsuits They are shaking government agencies by urging them to
The letter focused on public reports of “intrusions” by the Department of Education units, which include personal information from federal student aid recipients. Ministry of Labor Servers containing confidential information about workplace investigations and whistleblowers. A payment system within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that includes the personal health and financial information of millions of Americans.
On Thursday, the federal government reached an agreement with a judge that it would block Doge’s access to the Department of Labor servers until the judge issued the verdict on Friday in a temporary restraining order. An immediate review is “still needed,” Scott wrote. “Considering the uncertainty of the outcome of the lawsuit.”
He assesses the government’s accountability office whether the executive order used by the president has been used to formally establish Doge, and he says that he will “optional controls” for compliance with its access classification information or data protection standards. We evaluated whether to introduce “. “Please feel free to use all your permissions to do this review and complete it as quickly as possible.”
“The country needs immediate answers about the scope of their power. Laws, regulations or other policies relating to access these data and systems that may be involved by Doge’s penetration, and school children and The integrity of government programs in which working families rely on their lives and livelihoods writes Scott.
The government’s Accountability Office confirmed it had received the letter but declined to comment further. The White House was asked to comment.
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