A coalition of unions, nonprofits, and a think tank again failed to convince a federal judge to temporarily halt the Department of Government Efficiency from moving forward with plans to access computer systems and data at a trio of federal agencies.
The group didn’t show a substantial likelihood that the US DOGE Service isn’t an agency under the Economy Act of 1932, Judge John D. Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday.
If USDS is an agency, then its members can be detailed to other agencies consistent with that law, he wrote.
“This is ...