DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service, which operated as a government-wide IT agency before Trump renamed it by executive order — is insulated from public records requests until at least 2034, according to the White House.
“There should be no need for FOIA requests,” wrote Musk, referring to the Freedom of Information Act, federal law that allows members of the public to seek federal records.
“Following records retention and release laws is especially important for a non-congressionally created agency wielding unprecedented power over funding that affects the lives of the American people every day, and touches our international efforts as well,” Bookbinder said.
The office “was reorganized under the Executive Office of the President” and was now “subject to Presidential Records,” DOGE official Katie Miller said earlier this month.
CREW argues that DOGE’s records can be obtained through the Federal Records Act.
