People are scrambling” to figure out if Elon Musk’s programmers have accessed their private information, explained a federal intelligence employee to HuffPost. About a week earlier, a Forbes headline read “Elon Musk And DOGE’s Access To Student Loan Data Raises Concern.

President Donald Trump on March 4 praised the work of Elon Musk and the U.S. DOGE Service in his first speech to Congress since returning to office.

In his speech, Trump again said DOGE is “headed” by billionaire Elon Musk. But the White House says he doesn’t work for department. What’s going on?