The case is U.S. DOGE Service v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arguments will likely take place in early 2027, with a decision coming by that summer. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, known as CREW, filed its Freedom of Information Act request in early 2025, asking for the organizational chart and financial disclosures.
The Trump administration declined to process the request. It argued DOGE sits inside the Executive Office of the President and works as a purely advisory entity, so FOIA does not apply. CREW sued. A judge then allowed limited discovery into DOGE's structure and the scope of its authority, including a deposition of DOGE administrator Amy Gleason.
The administration tried to stop that discovery and filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 decision, the justices took issue with some of the material DOGE had to give CREW, including the content of internal executive branch recommendations. The new case will settle whether DOGE is an advisory panel outside FOIA or an agency subject to it. That decides whether the public can see records from the group that led government-wide firings and contract cancellations.
A request filed in early 2025 may not get a final answer until summer 2027.