The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) must hand over records concerning its operations, which have been conducted with “unusual secrecy,” a federal judge said on March 10.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper rejected arguments from the government asserting DOGE, which has been led in part by special adviser Elon Musk, is not an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Cooper ruled that DOGE is likely covered by FOIA, which enables people and groups to request records on many government agencies, and that the public “would be irreparably harmed by an indefinite delay in unearthing the records CREW seeks.”…