{"id":2403697,"date":"2025-02-18T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-social-security-official-resigns-after-doge-requests-access-to-data\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T11:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:08:46","slug":"top-social-security-official-resigns-after-doge-requests-access-to-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-social-security-official-resigns-after-doge-requests-access-to-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Social Security official resigns after DOGE requests access to data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-social-security-official-resigns-after-doge-requests-access-to-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The acting \u2064commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), Michelle King, resigned after \u200da request from Elon Musk&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for access to sensitive data about Social Security\u2064 recipients. King, who had a long tenure at the SSA, stepped\u2062 down amid\u200c concerns regarding potential fraud and data access. Musk&#8217;s claims involved allegations of improper \u2064payments to deceased individuals. The SSA oversees pension payments and maintains extensive personal data, including Social Security numbers \u200dand medical records.Following King&#8217;s resignation, Leland\u2062 Dudek, a member of the SSA, was appointed \u2063as acting commissioner until Frank \u200cBisignano receives Senate confirmation. The push for accessing personal data has met resistance in other government sectors as well. This\u200b change occurs in a politically sensitive surroundings, \u2064recalling past attempts at Social Security reform\u200c that\u2064 faced public backlash.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Top Social Security official resigns after sparring with DOGE over access to data<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1991497\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration stepped down from her role after Elon Musk&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> requested access to Social Security recipient information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Acting Commissioner Michelle King, who spent several decades at the agency, resigned over the weekend, according to a <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/17\/doge-social-security-musk\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzM5NzY4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTUwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Mzk3Njg0MDAsImp0aSI6Ijc5N2IyNDA4LTg2YjMtNDgyYS1hZDlmLTg4ZWUzOTNlODM1MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzAyLzE3L2RvZ2Utc29jaWFsLXNlY3VyaXR5LW11c2svIn0.daGls0KNeZgZ7r2NbGG7PZ88Va-QLs-d_GVYjFblJLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a>. The agency has grown as a target of Musk, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1891350795452654076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">claimed<\/a> over the weekend that there&rsquo;s fraud from improper payments to dead people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Social Security Administration manages pension payments for more than 70 million seniors in the U.S. It hosts significant amounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/t-mobile-says-hacker-stole-data-from-37-million-accounts\/\" title=\"T-Mobile Says Hacker Stole Data From 37 Million Accounts\">personal data including<\/a> all Social Security numbers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-age-major-concern-for-over-half-of-democratic-voters\/\" title=\"Over half of Democratic voters express significant concerns about Biden&#039;s age\">comprehensive medical records<\/a> for those who have applied for disability benefits, bank information, income records, and more. At the time of King&rsquo;s departure, it was not immediately clear which data the Musk associates wanted or exactly what led her to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and his associates&rsquo; wish to access highly personal data has already been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3321794\/doge-collision-course-irs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> met with pushback<\/a> in other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Mike Lee advises Congress to steer clear of a ... shutdown.\">federal government sectors<\/a>. The Treasury Department&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">highest-ranking civil servant recently resigned<\/a> after refusing to grant DOGE access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages more than $5 trillion in annual payments.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump replaced her as acting commissioner with Leland Dudek, who currently works at the SSA, while Frank Bisignano awaits a Senate confirmation vote. Dudek has previously posted positive statements on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> about DOGE&rsquo;s efforts to search for fraud in federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has nominated the highly qualified and talented Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration, and we expect him to be swiftly confirmed in the coming weeks,&rdquo; White House spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement on the matter. &ldquo;In the meantime, the agency will be led by a career Social Security anti-fraud expert as the acting commissioner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reforms to the agency are typically met with swift political backlash. When Republicans held a trifecta in the government in 2005 as they do now, they tried to reform Social Security, but their efforts were met with pushback and a blue wave in the 2006 midterm elections, with GOP actions on Social Security, among other issues, growing unpopular. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1991497\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1991497\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Social Security official resigns after data access dispute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2403698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/senate-passes-social-security-fairness-act.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50570,23466,4133,6522,33104],"class_list":["post-2403697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-data-access","tag-doge","tag-news","tag-resignation","tag-social-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/senate-passes-social-security-fairness-act.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403701,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403697\/revisions\/2403701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}