Nonilex
Top #SocialSecurity official exits after clash with #Musk’s #DOGE over #data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by #ElonMusk’s team for sensitive government #information.
#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk/
Nonilex
#Trump appointed Leland Dudek, a manager in charge of #SocialSecurity’s anti-fraud office, as acting commissioner while Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nom for permanent commissioner, is vetted by the Senate, acc/to 3 individuals…. A public announcement is expected this week. Dudek had posted positive remarks on #socialmedia about #DOGE’s efforts to cut costs and search for fraud in federal agencies, acc/to 2 of the individuals. [that’s all it takes in this admin💨🍑]
Nonilex
The acting commissioner of the #SocialSecurity Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire #ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, 3 people familiar with her departure said Monday.
Michelle King, who spent several decades at the agency before being named its acting commissioner last month, left her position Sunday after the disagreement, the people said.
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