Federal Retirement System Relies on Outdated Paper-Based Process in Underground Mine

What we know about mine where Elon Musk says federal retirement claims are processed by hand

The Office of Personnel Management processes thousands of federal employee retirement claims every month.

Musk says DOGE found mine storing government retirement papers

Elon Musk said DOGE discovered that government retirements are still processed on paper and stored in a mine. He said they found out after inquiring why there's a maximum of 10,000 retirements per month. Musk said he wants to move federal employees from low-productivity jobs to higher ones. On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order giving DOGE more power over the federal hiring process. Elon Musk said the Department of Government Eff…

As part of the Trump administration's battle over the federal government's cost reduction, Elon Musk announced Tuesday that the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) he heads is investigating a limestone mine in Pennsylvania.Read more]]>

Musk spotlights old limestone mine that still processes federal retirements by hand: ‘A time warp’

Elon Musk drew attention to a circa 1960 converted underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania his team stumbled upon that is still being used to process paperwork for federal worker retirements.

Federal retirements really are sorted by hand in an old mine. Elon Musk knocked the system.

Hundreds of federal workers process thousands of retirement applications every month, by hand in a converted former mine.

The Federal Paperwork Mine in DOGE's Crosshairs Is Real and Bizarre

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the government stores key retirement paperwork in a converted mine. The limestone mine is real, and is in the Department of Government Efficiency's crosshairs.