The Social Security Administration’s chief data officer has resigned days after filing a whistleblower complaint warning that President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency put the sensitive personal information of millions of Americans at risk.
Charles Borges said in his resignation letter Friday that he was leaving his position “involuntarily,” doing so in part because of concerns that the agency’s data is being handled improperly and his efforts to correct the problems were rebuffed.
In his whistleblower complaint, Borges said DOGE employees built a copy of the Social Security database in a cloud-based system that “circumvents oversight,” and disregarded an agency security assessment that their action posed a high risk.
A federal judge blocked DOGE access to Social Security data in March, but the Supreme Court overruled the decision.
Borges said he became aware of “several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal statutes or regulations,” and that leadership at the agency “created a culture of panic and dread” around discussing changes at the agency.
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