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Members press HUD acting IG on DOGE access to HUD systems and data-security safeguards
Summary
Members asked how a team referred to as "DOGE" gained access to HUD systems and who authorized that access; Acting Inspector General Steven M. Begg said he did not know the specific authorizations and pointed to the Privacy Act and HUD information-security controls.
Republican and Democratic members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee questioned Acting HUD Inspector General Steven M. Begg about a departmental "DOGE" team that, witnesses and members said, has been assigned to HUD and has "gained access" to HUD systems and enforcement records.
Multiple members raised concerns that the DOGE team, identified in questioning as a temporary entity associated with Elon Musk, had access to HUD enforcement databases that contain personally identifiable information, including Social Security numbers, medical details and addresses of survivors of domestic…
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