Democrats worry DOGE may have violated privacy, cybersecurity law in taking NLRB data

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) speaks at a press conference outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Connolly co-authored a letter Thursday demanding answers from NLRB on DOGE access to sensitive data. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Democrats in Congress are pursuing new answers concerning the Trump administration and the efforts of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, this time looking into whistleblower accusations that DOGE affiliates exfiltrated sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board using secretive methods, including shutting off internal alerting and monitoring systems.

NPR first reported the whistleblower disclosure of Daniel Berulis, an NLRB technology employee, last month. He claimed that staffers took data from a case management system at the agency and included forensic data and other records of the situation. He also shared his disclosure with Congress and the Office of Special Counsel. 

The agency denied it gave DOGE access ...