WASHINGTON (APP) – The Labor Union’s alliance filed a lawsuit on Monday, asking a federal court to stop the Elon Musk’s team from accessing. Private data In the Department of Education, Treasury and Office of Personal Management.
The US Federation of Teachers is charged with the case that when the Trump administration gave Musk to Musk, he violated federal confidentiality laws. Government Performance Department Access to a personal information system about tens of millions of Americans without their consent. It was filed in the Federal Court in Maryland.
This is the latest in A Rise to legal challenges Of musk Rising influence More than federal agencies, he has promised that he will slash or end. A federal judge in New York Blocked Musk’s team On Saturday, 19 Democratic Lawyers General filed a lawsuit against the Finance Department’s system for privacy concerns.
On Monday, the department said that the Dage had reduced the education contracts by about $ 900 million to $ 900 million to conclude after wasting taxpayers. The deductions covers 90 contracts at the Federal Agency’s research branch, the Institute of Education Sciences. The department did not immediately release additional details.
Deductions will not affect basic operations in ies, including NAEP exams, known as the Lord’s name Nation’s report cardThe department said, and the college score card, which provides data about the costs and results of US universities.
AFT Suite has warned of safety risks for personal data, shared with the Musk team, which has more than 40 million Americans in the Department of Education System, Federal Student Loan – The database includes social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, home addresses and more.
“The department is effectively one of the largest banks in the United States – if the private sector violates the vastness, it will rightly be a national scandal,” said Randy Wingarten, President of AFT.
The Trump administration has accused the Trump administration of handing over sensitive data for more reasons than the desired use, allegedly violating the Privacy Act. Instead of performing the duties of the Federal Student Loan Program, the legalization says the DOGE Department is gaining access to loan data for the purpose of destroying education.
President Donald Trump has Commitment to close The Department of Education and its authority turns to states and schools. Musk said on his social media site X on Friday that the department responding to the Democrats in the Congress department was not “available”, who tried to go to the agency’s headquarters but turned away from security.
In this case, a federal court has been asked to prevent the Musk team from accessing the data with Treasury Systems and an OPM database that with sensitive information on all 2.3 million federal employees. It also tries to destroy any record that was already revealed.
According to the case, “steamoling in sensitive government record systems has resulted in large -scale data violations, which poses a risk of how these important systems are maintained and Americans all over the country. Personal identity information is compromised with protection and safety. “
AFT, one of the country’s largest teachers unions, says it represents 1.8 million workers in education, health care and government. In addition, there are six people to join the case, which have sensitive information stored in federal systems, in which military veterans also received federal students’ loans and other federal benefits.
The case is also supported by the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, and the International Association of Machines and Aerospace Workers.
On Friday, a separate case by the University of California Student Association asked a federal judge in Washington to stop Musk’s access to the education system. In this case, the plaintiff on Monday filed an emergency ban order, which tried to prevent the dodge from sensitive data.
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