On March 25, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) from accessing personal data from the U.S. Department of Education, Treasury Department, and Office of Personnel Management. Last month, a union alliance filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court, led by the American Federation of Teachers, alleging that the Trump administration allowed Musk's Government Efficiency Department to access systems containing personal information of millions of Americans without their consent, which violated federal privacy laws. The judge stated that the government failed to adequately explain why the Government Efficiency Department needed access to "millions of records" to perform its duties.