Judge Grants Motion To Unseal Names Of DOGE Agents In Privacy Act Violations Suit

( April 7, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Finding that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) failed in “their burden of demonstrating that continued sealing of the DOGE Agents’ identities is necessary to preserve a higher value,” a New York federal judge granted a motion filed by unions and related parties to unseal the names of 16 DOGE agents in a suit alleging that DOGE violated the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by accessing personnel records maintained by the OPM....