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Question: Investigate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Search other for "Supreme Court docket No. 24A949 or 'CREW v. Department of Government Efficiency'". Reveals the Court's determination on whether DOGE qualifies as an 'agency' subject to FOIA, directly confirming or denying its transparency exemption.. Report any findings as factual claims with dates and evidence.
Date: 2026-04-16
The Supreme Court has not definitively ruled on whether DOGE qualifies as an 'agency' subject to FOIA, though it has issued emergency orders that temporarily shield DOGE from transparency requirements. In June 2025, the Court granted two significant wins to the Trump administration: allowing DOGE access to Social Security Administration data and pausing a lower court order requiring DOGE to produce documents in response to CREW's FOIA lawsuit. US District Judge Christopher Cooper had previously ruled that DOGE is 'likely subject to FOIA' because it exercises 'substantial independent authority,' but the Supreme Court's conservative majority temporarily stayed discovery while the case proceeds through appeals. The Court's emergency orders were unsigned and provided no reasoning, with the three liberal justices dissenting. Significantly, the ongoing litigation has exposed administrative confusion about DOGE's leadership structure, with Justice Department lawyers repeatedly unable to identify who runs the agency and Amy Gleason, the supposed acting administrator, filing conflicting sworn statements about her employment status.