U.S.A.(WVDN) – In response to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issuing a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Department of Education (ED) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing sensitive personal information to employees affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), NARFE National President William “Bill” Shackelford issued the following statement:
“This restraining order protects the abuse of the personal data of federal employees and retirees, including those who have worked in sensitive and secure positions on behalf of their country. The judge ruled that DOGE’s so-called workplace reform measures did not require access to sensitive personal information of current and former federal employees, and that the government never explains why DOGE needed such access in the first place. In other words, this order protects abuse of sensitive data without impeding any legitimate government operation.”
