Last week, multiple outlets reported that Social Security was ending a key DOGE policy, a three-day hold put on telephone claims to conduct fraud checks. The policy did not turn up any significant fraud and was slowing the processing of retirement claims.
The constant churn is creating chaos inside the agency as offices try to adjust to the changes, only to have them quickly pulled back, one recently retired Social Security executive told Axios.
It remains unclear if more staff cuts are coming. Now that commissioner Frank Bisignano is confirmed, he is “evaluating staffing levels,” the agency official said.
‘It was surprising that DOGE even went after it to begin with,’ said Jacob Leibenluft, who worked at the Office of Management and Budget in the Biden administration, and has been tracking the moves of Musk’s quasi-agency.
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