Top House Democrat asks Microsoft about DOGE code allegedly tied to NLRB data removal

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The DOGE team may have taken data related to union organizing and labor complaints and hid its tracks, according to a whistleblower. Charlotte Gomez for NPR/NPR

Charlotte Gomez for NPR/NPR

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is asking Microsoft to share information about a Department of Government Efficiency staffer’s account on a Microsoft-owned website that allegedly hosted what the lawmaker called “bespoke code” designed to remove data from a sensitive case management database used by the National Labor Relations Board.

In a letter first shared with NPR and addressed

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