CLC's Bruce Spiva on Upholding FOIA and Holding DOGE Accountable to Transparency

Bruce V. Spiva, senior vice president of Campaign Legal Center, issued the following statement: 

"By refusing to answer basic questions about the nature of their organization, the U.S. DOGE Service (DOGE) is diminishing trust across our government.

"The Freedom of Information Act allows the American people full visibility into how the government operates. The government’s argument — that it may essentially choose which aspects of the federal government are subject to transparency laws — would erode the transparency at the heart of a healthy democracy. It would incentivize presidents to create more entities like DOGE that can operate in a black box and avoid transparency laws.

"To preserve public trust, the U.S. Supreme Court must uphold the D.C. District Court’s ruling and compel DOGE to answer questions from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) about their government activities."