The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a group of veterans and labor unions were not entitled to a preliminary injunction that would have blocked DOGE access to their sensitive personal records.

An appeals court ruled Tuesday to allow the Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive data stored by three federal agencies. The ruling overrides a lower court’s decision in February which blocked DOGE from accessing Americans’ data at the Education Department,