PANews reported on February 6 that according to Jinshi, prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to temporarily restrict access to information in the Treasury Department's payment system by staff of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Musk. Previously, a group of union members and retirees sued the Treasury Department, alleging that providing DOGE with access to the federal government's vast payment system and personal data information stored therein violated federal privacy laws. The Trump administration filed a motion on Wednesday night seeking to sign a proposed order detailing the agreed terms. The proposed order states that "the defendant will not provide any access to payment records or payment systems maintained by the U.S. Bureau of the Fiscal Service or within it." The order allows exceptions, allowing two special government employees within the Treasury Department (Tom Kraus and Marco Elez) to access these records "on demand" while performing their duties, but such access is limited to "read only."