CBS News

Elon Musk's access to Treasury's payment system is raising alarms. Here's what to know.

With Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gaining control of the Treasury Department's payment system, consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers are raising alarms about the ...
NPR

Musk's DOGE group has access to the federal payments system. What does that mean?

What does it mean that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency now have access to the vast federal payments system? NPR asks Natasha Sarin, a former Treasury official under Biden. When ...
Wired

Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To

Affiliates from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have significant access to 19 sensitive systems at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a ...
Inside Higher Ed

Is DOGE Digging Around in Student Data?

Just last month, Lorena Tule-Romain was encouraging families with mixed citizenship statuses to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. She and her staff at ImmSchools, a nonprofit ...
Wired

DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator

On February 10, employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received an email asking them to list every contract at the bureau and note whether or not it was “critical” to the ...
Wall Street Journal

Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Julie Chang: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, December 17th. I'm ...