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,

The 2-1 majority cited the Supreme Court’s ruling to grant DOGE access to Social Security Administration IT and said a district court “abused its discretion” by issuing the injunction.

In June, the Supreme Court cleared the way for DOGE to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.