Trump’s Pentagon-personnel nominee wants to curb DOGE data access

DOGE won’t get unfettered access to service members’ personal data, the Trump administration’s pick to lead defense personnel vowed Tuesday at a confirmation hearing where questions largely concerned his history of inflammatory comments.

“If I’m confirmed, before DOGE is able to access anything with regard to personnel and personal protected information, there will be some kind of contract that prevents them from doing certain things,” Anthony Tata, the retired general and Fox commentator nominated to be defense undersecretary for personnel and readiness, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I haven’t worked with DOGE. I don’t know DOGE, but what I do know is men and women in the military and their families deserve to have their privacy protected, and I will commit to them, and I will commit to you, to doing everything possible to get between anyone that wants to get their data and use it for any other reason.” 

The comments follow whistleblower revelations that the White House team led by tech billionaire Elon Musk took sensitive data from the National Labor Reserve Board and is cleared to do so elsewhere. 

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