DOGE Temporarily Enjoined From Accessing BFS Data, Payment Systems

( February 24, 2025, 2:29 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Staff members of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were temporarily halted from accessing data and payment systems within the Bureau of Fiscal Services (BFS) on Feb. 21, when a New York federal judge granted a preliminary injunction motion filed by a group of 19 states that objected to access to files containing highly personal information of millions of Americans by DOGE....