Legal Action
American Federation of Government Employees v. Office of Personnel Management
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Summary
A coalition of current and former employees of the United States government and unions representing them filed suit against the Trump-Vance administration challenging the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) sharing of personnel databases containing government employees’ highly sensitive personal and financial information with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The plaintiffs argue they have entrusted the OPM with their highly sensitive personal information, including Social Security Numbers, home addresses, and disability and health information, and that OPM violated the Privacy Act by failing to ask for their consent before sharing their information with another person or agency. The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief.
Plaintiffs
- American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
- Association of Administrative Law Judges
- Vanessa Barrow
- George Jones
- Deborah Toussant
- Does 1-100
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Lex Lumina LLP
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Democracy Defenders Fund
- The Chandra Law Firm LLC
Defendants
- Office of Personnel Management
- Acting Director Charles Ezell
- U.S. Digital Service
- Acting Administrator Amy Gleason
- U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization
- Senior Advisor Elon Musk