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ProPublica: DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence

February 26, 2025

John Davisson, director of litigation at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which is suing DOGE and other federal agencies and officials over DOGE’s access, contended that the department had gained access to HEMS and systems like it “under the false pretenses of identifying fraud and abuse, when what’s really going on is DOGE is trying to gain control over these databases to direct the activities of federal agencies.” 

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