Legal Action
Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
Summary
Plaintiffs sued the Trump-Vance administration for granting the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to payment system data and personnel records at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Upon its creation, DOGE gained access to the payment systems and records of several government agencies, many of which contain the highly sensitive personal and financial information of American citizens. The plaintiffs in this case argue that DOGE’s ability view confidential agency information intrudes upon the privacy of millions of Americans, violates the Privacy Act, and denies Americans their Fifth Amendment Right to informational privacy. The plaintiffs request that the court declare DOGE’s actions unlawful and issue an injunction preventing DOGE from gaining any further access to confidential government records.
Plaintiffs
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Doe 1
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Kaplan Law Firm
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Democracy Forward Foundation
Defendants
- Office of Personnel Management
- Acting Director Charles Ezell
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management DOGE Team
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Secretary Scott Bessent
- U.S. Department of the Treasury DOGE Team
- U.S. DOGE Service
- U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization
- Acting Administrator Amy Gleason
- Senior Advisor Elon Musk
- Chief Operating Officer Steve Davis
- General Services Administration
- Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian