{"id":10153,"date":"2025-03-03T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/acting-social-security-chief-said-he-bullied-agency-executives-to-help-doge-sen-warren-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:40:00","slug":"acting-social-security-chief-said-he-bullied-agency-executives-to-help-doge-sen-warren-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/acting-social-security-chief-said-he-bullied-agency-executives-to-help-doge-sen-warren-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Social Security chief said he &#8220;bullied agency executives&#8221; to help DOGE, Sen. Warren claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration, is facing questions about his appointment to the role from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts who serves on the Senate&#8217;s Finance Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a March 2 letter to Dudek, Warren highlights a LinkedIn post from before his appointment as acting commissioner, in which he wrote that he had &#8220;bullied agency executives&#8221; to help the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-doge-elon-musk-findings-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>, or DOGE, billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s cost-cutting effort. Dudek added that he shared executive contact information and &#8220;moved contractor money around&#8221; to add resources to his anti-fraud team, according to Warren&#8217;s letter.<\/p>\n<p>The Social Security Administration didn&#8217;t immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The post, which has since been deleted from LinkedIn, suggests that Dudek may &#8220;have acted against agency policy \u2014 or even illegally \u2014 to facilitate DOGE&#8217;s efforts to access SSA systems,&#8221; Warren wrote in the letter. Since being appointed as acting commissioner, Dudek has announced a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/social-security-administration-offering-voluntary-buyouts-ahead-of-significant-workforce-reductions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">significant restructuring <\/a><\/span>of the agency, including cutting 7,000 jobs, or about 12% of its workforce, which current employees say could <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/social-security-benefits-services-trump-elon-musk-job-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hamper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0its mission to provide retirement and disability benefits to almost 70 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The circumstances of your appointment raise questions about the truthfulness of President Trump&#8217;s assertion that &#8216;Social Security will not be touched [by DOGE],'&#8221; Warren wrote in the letter. DOGE has &#8220;launched an attack on the agency, closing at least 10 local offices,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/social-security-administration-offering-voluntary-buyouts-ahead-of-significant-workforce-reductions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">firing scores of personnel<\/a><\/span> and gaining access to SSA internal systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Warren added that SSA leaders &#8220;were reportedly so concerned about your behavior that they placed you on administrative leave pending an investigation into your efforts on DOGE&#8217;s behalf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dudek is reducing the agency&#8217;s staff at a time when its workforce stands at a 50-year low, while its number of beneficiaries has swelled to a record high given the aging boomer generation. An average of about 11,000 boomers will turn 65 each day this year through 2027, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectedincome.org\/peak65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0from the Alliance for Lifetime Income.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The agency plans to reduce the size of its bloated workforce and organizational structure, with a significant focus on functions and employees who do not directly provide mission critical services,&#8221; the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery#2025-02-28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a Feb. 28 statement.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aimee-picchi\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aimee Picchi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. 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