CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v. U.S. DOGE SERVICE et al

  1. April 11, 2025

    DOGE, OMB Ordered To Ready 1,000s Of Pages In FOIA Suit

    A D.C. federal judge ordered the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Government Efficiency to start processing 1,000 pages of documents per month to potentially hand over to a watchdog group seeking insight into DOGE's "secretive operations," saying DOGE's actions were of "highest national concern."

  2. March 26, 2025

    Musk, DOGE Get DC Circ. To Pause Discovery Order

    The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday temporarily halted a lower court's order requiring Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over evidence that more than a dozen states said could give insight into Musk's and DOGE's allegedly unconstitutional authority, saying the "stringent requirements" for a stay had been met.

  3. March 17, 2025

    DOGE Wants Judge To Reconsider Records Production Order

    The Department of Government Efficiency has asked a D.C. federal judge to reconsider an order requiring it to share requested records with a watchdog group, doubling down on its position that DOGE is not an agency subject to public records law.

  4. March 11, 2025

    DOGE Must Quickly Cough Up Records To Watchdog Group

    A D.C. federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency to promptly hand over requested records on its role in mass firings and "dramatic disruptions" to federal programs to a watchdog group, finding that the public will likely be "irreparably harmed" if DOGE keeps dragging its feet.