‘Depression-era’: Man declared ‘dead’ by Social Security shares the cost of DOGE’s cuts
Questions about the agency’s future move beyond an anecdote here or there. The question now is how much Social Security can ...
Musk’s DOGE scrubs 3.2 million ‘dead’ names from Social Security database
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has removed 3.2 million names from the Social Security database, ...
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DOGE is hiring more staff to hunt down dead people
Social Security officials said in court filings that 10 new DOGE staffers are looking for ... The administration has suggested that "tens of millions" of dead people are claiming Social Security ...
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Seattle man wrongly declared dead loses Social Security benefits amid DOGE cost-cutting
A Seattle retiree was mistakenly marked as deceased by Social Security, causing his benefits to be revoked. His case, first ...
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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Presidents came and went. Last week, Elon Musk’s restructuring team, called the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, said it had just canceled the long-dead Coast Guard contract — and ...
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DOGE Has 10 Staffers At Social Security In Hunt For Dead People
Two sworn statements filed in federal court late Wednesday show that the SSA has staffed up in recent weeks to include four special government employees and six more DOGE staffers on loan from ...
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DOGE staffers at Social Security have access to Americans’ personal data as Elon Musk hunts for dead people
A political appointee, a software engineer and “experts” are reviewing Social Security’s “death master file” to find payments to dead Americans, Felix-Lawson wrote. DOGE staff have ...