On January 16, 2026, the government filed a “Notice of Corrections to the Record” in the case, which disclosed a number of inaccuracies in information the government had previously provided to the court. The filing cites examples that include acknowledgment by Department of Justice attorneys that individuals’ personal data was being shared using a non-government server, and that a DOGE team member at the SSA entered into a “Voter Data Agreement” after being asked by someone outside the government to analyze state voter rolls.
In Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed on January 22 and on January 27, Democracy Forward sought a copy of the “Voter Data Agreement” and who it was signed by, widely suspected to be True the Vote, an election denying group; the two Hatch Act referrals sent by SSA to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel regarding the staff that had communicated with the group; and communications between SSA DOGE staff and election-denying organizations. The requests also sought records to better understand the unauthorized use of Cloudflare, which was outside of SSA security protocols, by DOGE affiliated staff. These requests seek records that are particularly urgent to uncover any improper sharing of protected data for apparently political purposes in advance of coming elections. None of the requests were fulfilled in the time required by law, prompting today’s lawsuit.
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