The National Treasury Employees Union, in its representation of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the agency’s acting director, Russell Vought, after he ordered employees to work remotely this week while the Department of Government Efficiency commission (DOGE) works out waste in government.

The first lawsuit seeks to block DOGE and “Elon Musk” from accessing CFPB “employees’ personal information.”

The second suit alleges that Vought’s directive refusing to fund the agency “reflects an unlawful attempt … to protect American consumers.”

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