FCC Ordered To Turn Over More DOGE Documents

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Federal Communications Commission must produce more documents related to its communications with Elon Musk's government-slashing Department of Government Efficiency. Public interest group Frequency Forward and journalist Nina Burleigh have sought agency records tied to the work of Musk's DOGE and moved for a preliminary injunction forcing the agency to fully comply with their Freedom of Information Act request. Judge Berman Jackson denied the motion but directed the FCC to begin turning over more records than the 35 pages the plaintiffs said they've received. The FCC "must make ongoing productions of responsive documents" on September 15 and October 6 and file a status report by mid-October proposing a schedule for producing documents, Judge Jackson said in her order. Burleigh and Frequency Forward filed their suit in April 2025, seeking to find out if DOGE staffers are embedded at the FCC.