The article uncovers potential data breaches by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency team, known as DOGE, with allegations of taking sensitive information related to union organizing and labor complaints. A whistleblower has raised concerns about this activity, suggesting that the DOGE team may have hidden their tracks while accessing data from the National Labor Relations Board. While Elon Musk has stated that DOGE aims to find savings across the government, questions linger about the value and ethics of the data being accessed. This development raises important issues regarding data privacy and security within government agencies. To delve deeper into this story and explore sponsor-free episodes of “Consider This,” listeners can subscribe to Consider This+ on Apple Podcasts or visit plus.npr.org. For inquiries or feedback, contact considerthis@npr.org. The episode was reported by NPR’s Jenna McLaughlin, produced by Audrey Ngyen and Alejandra Marquez Janse, and edited by Brett Neely, with Sami Yenigun as the executive producer.