INTEGRITY IN WRITTEN AND VIDEO NEWS, featuring newsOS integration and a growing interactive community of interested and increasingly well-informed readers and viewers who help make us who we are… a truly objective news media resource with full disclosure of bias, fact-checking, voting, polling, ratings, and comments. Learn about our editorial policies and practices (below). Join us today by subscribing to either our FREE MEMBERSHIP plan, or our PLATINUM PAID SUBSCRIPTION plan; each plan offers an unparalleled suite of benefits to our subscribers. U.S. DAILY RUNDOWN:Your News, Your Voice.
Tag: Privacy Act of 1974
Supreme Court Grants DOGE Access to Social Security Data Amidst Privacy and Executive Power Debate
Supreme Court Grants DOGE Access to Social Security Data: The Supreme Court's decision on June 6, 2025, to permit the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) internal databases represents a watershed moment in the intersection of executive power, individual privacy, and administrative law. Created by executive order under the Trump administration and initially spearheaded by Elon Musk, DOGE’s mission is to root out inefficiencies and fraud across federal agencies. However, this access now includes sensitive data from one of the most privacy-centric agencies in the federal government—the SSA.