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The intensifying effort to unify systems into one central hub aims to advance multiple Trump administration priorities, including finding and deporting undocumented immigrants and rooting out fraud in government payments. And it follows a March executive order to eliminate “information silos” as DOGE tries to streamline operations and cut spending.At several agencies, DOGE officials have sought to merge databases that had long been kept separate, federal workers said. For example, longtime Musk lieutenant Steve Davis told staffers at the Social Security Administration that they would soon start linking various sources of Social Security data for access and analysis, according to a person briefed on the conversations, with a goal of “joining all data across government.” Davis did not respond to a request for comment.But DOGE has also sometimes removed protections around sensitive information — on Social Security numbers, birth dates, employment history, disability records, medical documentation and more. In one instance, a website for a new visa program wasn’t set up behind a protective virtual private network as would be customary, according to a Department of Homeland Security employee and records obtained by The Washington Post.The administration’s moves ramp up the risk of exposing data to hackers and other adversaries, according to security analysts, and experts worry that any breaches could erode public confidence in government. Civil rights advocates and some federal employees also worry that the data assembled under DOGE could be used against political foes or for targeted decisions about funding or basic government services.Often, DOGE appears to be collecting data for the sake of having it. One former DOGE employee said colleagues would return to headquarters triumphant about databases they had accessed, hauling laptops to a war room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building where Musk had set up shop. What the data had to offer was sometimes beside the point, the former DOGE employee said.Reports of DOGE staffers failing to follow protocols meant to protect information span the government.At the U.S. Digital Service, which was renamed the U.S. DOGE Service in January, new employees arrived with laptops that did not have the security programs typically installed by White House officials. The new team took their devices to multiple agencies and insisted on access exceeding even that of the host department’s security teams, according to an Office of Personnel Management employee.FULL STORY AT GIFT LINK: <a href="https://wapo.st/4iNmtLZDo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4iNmtLZDo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> you have knowledge of DOGE activities (or Palantir activities) within the federal government, especially regarding data collection, sharing and use? The Washington Post would love to hear from you. We will honor requests for anonymity and use best secure sourcing practices. 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