On June 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States
released two decisions on its emergency docket with serious
implications for federal agencies, companies that do business with
the government, and the data of millions of Americans.
First, in Social Security Administration v.
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
the Court struck down an en banc Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
ruling that had enjoined the Social Security Administration (SSA)
from granting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel
access to certain personally identifiable information unless they
met certain security criteria while the underlying dispute played
out.
Second, in U.S. DOGE Service v. Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the Court exempted
DOGE from responding to a nonprofit's Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) request for information regarding its recommendations to
the president, as well as whether those recommendations
