DOGE Subcommittee Ranking Member Stansbury Introduces Resolution of Inquiry into DOGE’s Unsanctioned Use of Government Data and AI

Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee Committee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate DOGE’s unsanctioned use of government data and artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on American privacy and national security. 

“The American people demand to know why Elon Musk and DOGE are hacking our private and sensitive data and what they are doing with it. This includes Social Security, IRS, Treasury, and other highly sensitive data. Today I dropped an oversight resolution demanding the Administration provide answers about what it is doing with our data and how it is using Artificial Intelligence to data mine our systems. It is our duty to fight for answers and get to the bottom of what exactly DOGE and Musk are doing with our data,” said Ranking Member Stansbury.   

A Resolution of Inquiry (ROI) would require the Administration to provide documents, communications, and factual information.  Once introduced, the committee to which the ROI is referred has 14 legislative days to act on and report the resolution to the House or it will become privileged on the House floor. This action is necessary because the Administration has failed to provide clear information on how DOGE has risked the security of federal information systems, including through the use of AI. Instead, the Administration has deliberately kept DOGE’s actions shrouded in secrecy. 

The resolution would require the Administration to provide documents, communications, and information regarding:  

• How data and AI are being used by DOGE at federal agencies;  
   
• The federal data and sources of federal data that may have been fed into any AI system; including details of whether any of this information contained sensitive data of American citizens; 
   
• Any concerns raised by federal employees that the use of AI violates the Privacy Act or the security of Americans’ personal information; 
   
• Any concerns raised by federal employees that the use of AI violated the Advancing American AI Act by failing to publicly disclose current and planned AI use cases; and
   
• Lists of federal expenditures, programs, or personnel identified by AI for freezes or cuts.

On March 12, 2025, Committee Democrats sent letters to 24 federal agencies requesting documentation that any potential use of AI at their agencies complies with federal laws, protects Americans’ sensitive and private data, and does not financially benefit Elon Musk. 

Click here to read the Resolution of Inquiry. 

Click here to read the one-pager explaining why this Resolution of Inquiry is necessary and how it works.

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