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IRS 'Mega API' plan by DOGE sparks privacy and data security debate

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, proposes a groundbreaking 'mega API' for the IRS. This API would enable seamless communication between software systems, potentially ...
Wired

Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal ...
CNN

How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns

They said no, over and over again. Career officials at the Internal Revenue Service were pressed by Trump officials and DOGE staffers to hand over access to sensitive taxpayer data to immigration ...
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IRS building system to give ICE on-demand access to taxpayer data

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is developing a system that would provide federal immigration authorities with on-demand access to sensitive taxpayer information. The system, first reported by ...
MPR News

Where does ICE access to IRS data leave undocumented Minnesotans?

A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building on September 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. NINA MOINI: Today is tax day for Americans. This year marks a shift ...
The Hill

Democratic lawmakers urge judge to block ICE access to IRS data

More than 90 Democratic lawmakers filed a brief with a federal court this week telling it to block an agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that would give the ...
CNN

DOGE is building a master database for immigration enforcement, sources say

Staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are building a master database to speed-up immigration enforcement and deportations by combining sensitive data from across the federal ...