The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has access to sensitive information in 19 HHS databases and systems, according to a court filing obtained by Wired.
HHS submitted the filing as part of the discovery process for a lawsuit the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations’ filed against the federal government, aiming to restrict DOGE’s access to federal systems. Nine such systems had not been previously disclosed as being accessed by DOGE. HHS did not respond to Wired‘s request for comment.
Below is a breakdown of 19 HHS systems to which DOGE members have access, as compiled by Wired. The systems contain various protected health information, ranging from email and mailing addresses to Social Security numbers and medical notes.
CMS
- CMS Acquisition Lifecycle — Manages the process of creating and tracking government contracts within CMS.
- CMS Healthcare Integrated General, Ledger Accounting System — Handles financial accounting functions for Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- Integrated Data Repository Cloud — Stores and integrates Medicare claims data with beneficiary and provider data sources.
National Institutes of Health
- Electronic Research Administration — Manages research grant applications and related data.
- NIH Business System — A comprehensive enterprise resource planning system, housing general ledger, finance, budget, procurement, supply, travel and property management systems.
- NIH Workforce Analytics Workbench — Tracks current and historical data on the NIH workforce, including headcounts and retirement information.
Office of the Secretary
- Office of Human Resources Enterprise Human Capital Management Investment — Manages personnel actions and employee benefits at HHS.
- Assistant Secretary for Administration’s PSC Payment Management System — Processes federal grant payments as a shared service provider.
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources’ Grant Solutions system — Helps agencies manage grants and cooperative agreements throughout their entire lifecycle as a shared service provider.
- Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources’ HHS Consolidated Acquisition Solution — Oversees purchase requests and business transactions at every HHS agency except the CDC.
- Business Intelligence Information System Cloud — Stores cloud-based HHS human resources and payroll data for analysis and reporting.
- Financial Business Intelligence Systems — Consolidates financial data from HHS’ core systems for reporting and analysis.
- Unified Financial Management System — Functions as HHS’ main financial management system, integrating accounting and financial functions across the department.
CDC
- Integrated Contracts Expert system — Manages contracts and accounting functions for the CDC.
- Acquisition, Performance and Execution system* — Manages private sector contracts and work agreements for the CDC.
- Grants.gov — Public website for individuals and organizations to find and apply for federal grants.
Administration for Children & Families
- Unaccompanied Children Portal — Houses information about unaccompanied children collected by Customs and Border Protection.
Health Resources Services Administration
- HRSA Electronic Handbooks — Used for creating and managing official government contracts related to HRSA programs.
*Note: A webpage was not available for this system.
