Dudek’s comments, delivered to a group of senior staff and Social Security advocates attending both in person and virtually, ...

Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on ...

New audio reveals Social Security head Leland Dudek admitting DOGE staff have broad data access amid Trump's agency overhaul.

The SSA launches HeaRT on March 17, using AI for faster, more accurate Social Security hearings, saving $5M annually and ...

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The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.

Languages: English. Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), admitted in a leaked recording that he does not fully understand the extent of access that ...

Addressing what DOGE staffers had been doing with Social Security data, Dudek reportedly asked at one point in the meeting: “Are we going to break something? I don’t know.” But he added that ...

How a DOGE team ran roughshod through the Social Security Administration, gaining access to personal data and putting benefit ...