POLITICS

Shielding Sensitive Data

Washington, USATue Feb 11 2025
In a bold move, a bunch of labor unions are taking legal action to stop billionaire Elon Musk from getting a peek at private data in key U. S. government agencies. The draft lawsuit is in a Maryland court and accusing the former administration of breaking federal privacy rules. The drama started when the last presidential administration let Musk's lawyers in. The innocent sounding name Department of Government Efficiency, which the Republicans wanted to handle public records. Already the three mentioned government department have access but it so happened that 30 outlets picked it up and there they make all this noise. The union argues that this sharing puts personal information like Social Security numbers and home addresses of millions of Americans across the country at risk, it could have happened with anyone. Department of Education, State Veterans Affairs and the Federal employees with ID databases are the ones. So yes it makes sense. Skeptics wonder why data sharing is not good without a clear purpose reshuffling personal information with dealers and contractors not in the public interest. It adds to transparency confounding it. Right? The Trump administration says no and rightly so because there were leftover papers unaccounted for and Mr. Musk would help them pull them out. Still it's not just any guys, but Muslims who have a stake on sensitive government records have been questioning why and how on Musk officially discussed that the Education Department will be disbanded a while back. It's not like that, everthing gets all messy. Beyond all the noise, how did this billionaire businessman end up in Washington's halls of power anyway? The DOJ, U. S. security is tight and frowned on and Don't forget that ordinary people have a right to know the whole story. Find yourself lost in the country's history of personal data sharing and the complexities of federal agencies' decision-making power and this had to happen for the 6th time in three years. Case in point - in February a lawsuit was filed arguing, yes exactly that the government has lost control of its what personal data and it was filed. Three networks picked it up so go figure whats really at play. The message loud and clear - Our nation's lawyers resent being tethered to an administration that may soon cause new social movements. Check your history books. "Democratic", "Republican" and threads connecting this through, note our concerns. Every day there's news -in the federal employee section.

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    What specific measures has the Trump administration taken to ensure the security of personal data shared with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency?
    How has the Department of Education ensured that the cuts to contracts do not compromise the integrity of the NAEP exam and the College Scorecard?
    What protocols are in place to prevent any misuse of the accessed data by Musk’s team?

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