The National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU), a labor union that represents 150,000 government workers, has filed a lawsuit against Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russell Vought for sharing CFPB employees' private information with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). After creating DOGE through Executive Order 14158, Trump instructed DOGE to compile all federal government employee information by accessing each department's and agency's personnel records. Vought granted DOGE employees access to the CFPB's confidential personnel records, containing the personal and financial information of all of the agency's employees. The plaintiffs argue that Vought violated the Privacy Act by giving non-CFPB workers access to CFPB personnel files. The plaintiffs request that the court find Vought's actions unlawful and prevent Vought from granting DOGE further access.
