US EditionDOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
Two Department of Government Efficiency staffers at Social Security signed a Voter Data Agreement in March 2025 to assist a political group aiming to overturn election results.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump marked his first year back as the Office of Personnel Management reported 322,049 exits, the largest federal workforce reduction in two decades, with 2.08 million now employed, about 10% less than in 2024.
- On Jan. 28, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management emailed staff offering eight months of pay to resign, while President Donald Trump created the Department of Government Efficiency and signed executive actions including buyouts and reductions in force.
- Agency data show heavy cuts, with USAID recording 3,677 RIFs and a 92% workforce reduction, HHS carrying out 4,437 RIFs, and the IRS and Veterans Health Administration losing large numbers of staff.
- Hundreds of federal workers packed a town hall in Leesburg, VA on Feb. 3, 2025 to voice fears about DOGE, while the Supreme Court reviews policies as the administration hired 68,000.
- About 149,500 employees resigned, with 105,900 retirements and 10,500 layoffs, while the Department of Health and Human Services cut staff from 82,000 to 62,000.
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Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
The Trump administration has acknowledged for the first time in a court filing that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials.
Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’
As he marked one year since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the actions of his administration — including praising the major reductions to the federal workforce throughout 2025. “I don’t want to cut people, but when you cut them and they go out and get a better job, I like to cut them,” Trump said during a nearly two-hour press briefing, while also stating his administration “slashed tremendous numbers of people…
Trump admin admits DOGE employees had access to off-limits Social Security data
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) broke protocols, had more access to sensitive data on Americans than previously disclosed, and were in touch with a political advocacy group hunting for election fraud, the Trump administration admitted in a recent court filing. Justice Department officials told a federal court in Maryland that the SSA had not fully complied with the court's p…
DOJ admits DOGE may have mishandled Social Security data
The Justice Department admitted that two members of the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk at one point last year, may have mishandled Social Security data by using it to match with state voter rolls in violation of the Hatch Act. The alleged misconduct was revealed in a court document filed Friday by DOJ Civil Division official Elizabeth Shapiro, who said the Social Security Administration referred two unidentified DOGE emplo…
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