US EditionThe Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
Leland Dudek faced internal resistance and operational turmoil during efforts to reform the Social Security Administration, highlighting missed systemic improvements despite claims of reduced call wait times.
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'My name is mud': Ex-Social Security chief reveals how he plotted to undermine DOGE
On Feb. 10, on the third floor of the Social Security Administration’s Baltimore-area headquarters, Leland Dudek unfurled a 4-foot-wide roll of paper that extended to 20 feet in length. It was a visual guide that the agency had kept for years to explain Social Security’s many technological systems a...
'Story of a disposable pawn': What really happened when Trumpworld invaded Social Security
Reporting HighlightsMissed Opportunity: Some Social Security officials said they welcomed DOGE — the agency needs a technological overhaul — only to see DOGE ignore them and prioritize quick (often empty) wins.Internal Revolt: Leland Dudek, the agency’s then acting chief, helped DOGE at first, then tried to resist when he saw what it was doing, Dudek said in 15 hours of candid interviews.DOGE Lives On: Multiple former DOGErs have taken permanent…
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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.
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