In her ruling, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said DOGE employee Ryan Wunderly can access the Treasury’s payment system and data systems as long as he completes training “typically required of other Treasury employees granted commensurate access” and submits a financial disclose report.
The new order from Vargas reverses a ban she kept in place nearly two months ago, which blocked all DOGE employees from accessing Treasury data while a case brought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general played out in court.
At that time, she argued that Treasury officials allowed two DOGE employees to access the payment system in a “rushed and ad hoc” manner that created a “realistic danger that confidential financial information will be disclosed.”
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In her ruling on Friday, Vargas dispelled those concerns.
“The Court finds that the described mitigation procedures, if properly implemented, coupled with the training and vetting procedures set forth in the Government’s submissions, are adequate to
satisfy its concerns,” the ruling said.
DOGE has sought access to the Treasury’s payment system to continue efforts to dramatically reduce the size of the federal government and crack down on wasteful government spending of taxpayer dollars.
