After two court losses, DOGE asks Supreme Court for Social Security data access
arstechnica.comPublished: 5/5/2025
Summary
The case challenges whether federal courts should bar the Social Security Administration from accessing sensitive data due to its role in improving efficiency. Higher courts are weighing whether lower courts overstepped by restricting SSA's efforts to address corruption and inefficiency under President Trump's administration. Major labor organizations, concerned with transparency and accountability, could shape how such cases set precedents for federal data access policies.