DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/49607175

  • Missed Opportunity: Some Social Security officials said they welcomed DOGE — the agency needs a technological overhaul — only to see DOGE ignore them and prioritize quick (often empty) wins.
  • Internal Revolt: Leland Dudek, the agency’s then acting chief, helped DOGE at first, then tried to resist when he saw what it was doing, Dudek said in 15 hours of candid interviews.
  • DOGE Lives On: Multiple former DOGErs have taken permanent roles at the Social Security Administration, and Senate-confirmed Commissioner Frank Bisignano has embraced its approach.
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The only point of their time in there was to install backdoors into various sensitive databases, and randomly wipe and unplug various critical systems for theatrical political effect.

    DOGE was never about saving money. It was always about setting up channels for Palantir et al to build their insane and incredibly dangerous panopticon of Total Information Awareness, while simultaneously distracting the masses from the fact that they were doing just that. They saw what the CCP did with the surveillance state stuff they’ve implemented over the last couple decades and were like “that - let’s do THAT”.