DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’
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Summary
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to hold a hackathon next week, with the aim of creating an API for accessing IRS data.
The intention is to move the data to a cloud-based platform that would act as a “read centre” of the agency’s systems.
DOGE’s plan includes involving IRS engineers in the capital, as well as potentially Palantir, a company that carries out data collection and government surveillance.
One IRS employee feels that DOGE’s 30-day target for finishing the API work is unrealistic, suggesting it would “cripple” the IRS.
Ron Wyden has also raised concerns about the prosposed plan, suggesting in a letter that DOGE’s requests should be rejected. He also highlighted previous reports suggesting that Trump administration officials were also interested in the IRS data to support their immigration policies.