House Democrats are demanding that the White House fork over a trove of data related to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, as lawmakers hike scrutiny on the billionaire’s influence over the federal government.
In a Freedom of Information Act request filed Tuesday with the Office of Management and Budget, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee commanded the organization to provide documents, communications and other information related to the government efficiency group’s review of sensitive data and its efforts to shutter federal agencies and fire staff.
But the lawmakers also urged the Donald Trump administration to clear up once and for all whether Musk is indeed in charge of the government efficiency outfit he has long championed.
In their FOIA request to the Office of Management and Budget, the Democrats demanded that the agency provide records identifying the job title, grade and description of dozens of DOGE employees including Musk and Gleason. In particular, the lawmakers asked for information that would shed light on the “chains of command” at the government efficiency outfit, such as an organizational chart.
Finally, the Democrats asked the White House to hand over documents related to the DOGE team’s access to sensitive data at any federal agency and demanded to know whether staffers were trained on how to handle such information. They also requested information about the government efficiency outfit’s use of artificial intelligence on data it collected.
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