https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/02\/28\/trump-admin-argues-doge-is-exempt-from-records-requests-in-foia-lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the Trump administration is arguing that its much-hyped Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is exempt from public records requests.”<\/p>\n
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“”All aspects of the government must be fully transparent and accountable to the people,” Musk posted on X earlier this month. “No exceptions, including, if not especially, the Federal Reserve.”
\nAt a White House press conference earlier this month, Musk said, “We are actually trying to be as transparent as possible, so all of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”<\/p>\n
And again, Musk declared last November: “There should be no need for FOIA requests. All government data should be default public for maximum transparency.”<\/p>\n
But DOGE has struggled to make its data public while also claiming exemption from FOIA, which is a recipe for maximum opacity, not transparency.<\/p>\n
Between the shifting claims of how much taxpayer money DOGE was going to save, the release and quiet deletion of error-filled data, and now attempts to hide DOGE from public record laws\u2014well, it doesn’t inspire confidence.”<\/p>\n
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