In an executive order issued on March 20, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to grant his designees complete access to unclassified government data.
The order, somewhat overshadowed by an order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, mandates that federal officials designated by the president or agency heads receive “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, data, software systems, and information technology systems” for the purpose of rooting out “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
