1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

As your constituent, I am writing to ask you to ensure the government is protecting our privacy by demanding a stop to DOGE and other agencies' unauthorized access to our most personal information and an end to the dangerous "consolidation" efforts. DOGE's access to databases at the Veterans Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, and other agencies raises serious concerns about their compliance with legal requirements that ensure executive agencies are responsible stewards of our data. Further, the reported use of untrustworthy AI to consolidate our data gives government employees unprecedented access to data far beyond what's needed to perform their duties with little constraint or oversight, ensuring our data stays safe. This puts all of us at risk of cybersecurity incidents, while increasing the chance of inaccuracies that could delay or deny benefits, wrongly flag people for investigation, and waste taxpayer resources. DOGE must not illegally access, analyze, or misuse our private financial, medical, and personal records for political purposes. I am deeply concerned that this agency might have forced its way into the government's most tightly protected databases and systems, without consideration of the longstanding privacy safeguards mandated by the Privacy Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and other laws. Right now, they've gone a step further using AI systems our data, potentially to consolidate it into comprehensive dossiers on every one of us that any number of government employees could access for any reason. Creating a single federal database with everything that the government knows about every single person in this country is an Orwellian nightmare. Congressional action is needed now to protect against abuse. Abuse of data and governmental procedures opens the door for wider abuses, including unconstitutional impoundment of funds, dismantling programs that help everyday Americans, corrupt use of sensitive confidential information for personal gain, and mass government surveillance. As your constituent, I urge you to conduct immediate oversight into DOGE's actions and fight back against these intrusive privacy invasions.