What is Microsoft Access? Here's how the database management system works, and how it differs from Excel

Microsoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) that businesses can use to store and manage large amounts of data.
NPR

The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it

Elon Musk's team within the Trump administration has sought sweeping access to databases that store personal information on millions and millions of Americans. The data collected and maintained by the ...
Fox News

Judge orders Trump officials to sit for depositions in lawsuit over DOGE access to federal databases

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Trump administration officials involved with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to testify in a legal dispute that seeks to block DOGE's access to ...

Judge lets DOGE access Education Department's student databases while lawsuit plays out

WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Monday denied a request from college students to prevent Elon Musk’s government efficiency ...
NPR

DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why

Fewer than 50 people have access to Social Security Administration databases containing hundreds of millions of people's private financial and personal information. But only one also has access to the ...