President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management told senators Thursday that he’d protect federal workers’ data if he’s confirmed, speaking to Democrats’ concerns about Elon Musk’s DOGE accessing such information. Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Scott Kupor fielded several questions about data privacy that lawmakers connected to the 2015 OPM breach. Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire linked that incident to DOGE’s forays into government networks. Slotkin cited reports of associates with the Musk-led group being granted access to taxpayer information at the Treasury Department and potentially to sensitive health information housed in Department of Veterans Affairs systems. https://lnkd.in/eBtBNCbR
