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DOGE cut off from student loan data, for now

DOGE cut off from student loan data, for now

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Alfred Ng
February 11, 2025
The Education Department agreed Tuesday to block DOGE, a commission run by Elon Musk that Donald Trump created by executive order in January 2025, from accessing student loan data, among other sensitive information, while a lawsuit plays out in a federal court.
The University of California Student Association filed the lawsuit Friday after it was reported that DOGE had access to federal student loan data.
The lawsuit alleges the department violated the Privacy Act by providing sensitive information to DOGE, including students’ social security numbers and tax information. The 1974 law limits how the federal government collects and shares people’s information among agencies.
An agreement reached between the student association and Department of Education Tuesday prevents DOGE from accessing a handful of systems, including the National Student Loan Data System and the Aid Awareness and Application Processing until February 17. The agreement gives D.C. District Court Judge Randolph Moss time to hold a Feb. 14 hearing on a restraining order blocking DOGE from accessing the information.
Moss was skeptical of the student association’s claims during a hearing Tuesday, stating he did not see how DOGE’s access to student loan data caused harm.
A different D.C. District Court judge rejected a similar attempt to block DOGE’s access to data from the Labor Department after finding an employee union behind the challenge lacked standing to sue. The judge, though, did express sympathy for the concerns about potential privacy risks.
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