Social Security, Private Equity

Musk Taps Private Equity Veterans to Aid DOGE at Social Security
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has sent three individuals with experience in private equity and finance to the Social Security Administration, highlighting the focus that President Donald Trump is putting on rooting out waste and fraud in the nation’s social insurance programs.
Ex-head of Social Security claimed DOGE actions could cause payment interruptions. Here's context
Only time will tell if the prediction by Martin O’Malley, the former Social Security commissioner, is accurate.
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
DOGE accused of accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
Labor unions are trying to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data for millions of Americans. "They cannot explain why they want this data," lawyers said.
DOGE is searching through Social Security payments looking for fraud
DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny payments to vulnerable older Americans.
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.
Social Security’s acting chief privately admits DOGE ‘will make mistakes’ while cuts delay processing of claims, report says
SSA employees told the Post that DOGE-led cuts to staff, spending and operating systems are already sowing chaos and delaying the processing of claims, including reviews of disabi
DOGE probes US social security payments in Trump’s anti-fraud push
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is delving deeper into the United States Social Security benefits, reportedly scrutinizing $1.6 trillion worth of payments. The department is looking through records that include the names of beneficiaries,

Social Security Administration, DOGE and Elon Musk

Federal workers slam DOGE’s closures of Social Security offices and other cuts in NC
Four of the 37 Social Security field offices in North Carolina are among leases being terminated by the Elon Musk-led ...
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Former Top Social Security Official Reveals DOGE Employees Demanded Access To Sensitive Data And Exposed It In Unsecured Locations
The former acting head of the Social Security Agency is detailing how the takeover by DOGE employees can expose sensitive ...
‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse
Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security ...
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Changes are coming to SSA for DOGE: cutbacks, layoffs and new benefit withholding policy
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is setting its sights on the Social Security Administration (SSA), aiming to ...
DOGE’s $1 spending card limit touches everything from military research to trash pickup
A Trump administration crackdown on workers' routine expenses is upending work across the government, according to affected ...
Over texts and ‘eyeball to eyeball,’ Republicans succeed in persuading Musk. But Democrats hit dead ends
When a multi-million federal grant program for dairy businesses was shut down earlier this month in line with Elon Musk’s ...
DOGE hunts for ‘wins’ amid tensions with Trump administration, backlash
DOGE sees an urgent need to champion “wins,” as Elon Musk’s group finishes slashing federal bureaucracy and moves to building ...
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Ohio has 83K federal civilian employees, many in region: DOGE job cuts could hurt
The Trump administration is trying to drastically reduce the size and payroll of the federal government, which is the nation’s single largest employer that has tens of thousands of civilian employees ...