DOGE risks Americans’ data by operating outside federal law, Democrats say
Department of Government Efficiency personnel have jeopardized the security of Americans’ personal information by uploading sensitive data into cloud environments without the necessary safeguards or oversight, a top Senate Democrat alleges in a report released on Thursday. The investigation, spearheaded by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. — the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — and Democrat staffers on the panel, warned that DOGE
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