""full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems and IT [information technology] systems""
""Once you build a system that connects every database about an individual across federal and state governments, it's incredibly hard to unwind that system,""
""It is there for future presidents of either party to use as police,""
President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to root out waste, fraud and abuse and to pursue consolidation of federal data. The order sought full and prompt access to unclassified agency records, software systems and IT systems across agencies. Civil rights advocates and legal scholars raised privacy concerns about mass consolidation of federal and state databases. Critics warned that interconnected data clusters are difficult to dismantle and could be weaponized for political aims or law enforcement by future administrations. Advocacy groups cited examples of government data being used against activists and undocumented immigrants. Posters in Washington warned of privacy risks under the new department.
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