From the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare:
Laura Haltzel is the first former Social Security Administration (SSA) official who was present for the Trump administration’s takeover of the agency to speak out publicly in an on the record interview. In her first interview since leaving SSA, Haltzel told Entitled to Know that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “traumatized” SSA employees — and created “gross inefficiencies” in the system. Haltzel resigned her post as Associate Commissioner Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics on February 28, accepting an early retirement offer that the administration extended to all SSA employees.
Haltzel describes an atmosphere of chaos and fear at SSA headquarters, based on her own experience and communications with colleagues in other departments. (Haltzel was based at the agency’s DC office while the headquarters is in Baltimore.) She had worked at SSA for a cumulative 15 years when she exited her job.
And there’s much, much more. Give it a read.
4 comments:
I’ve heard enough! Lawyer up Leland!
When staffers would brief Dudek on their departments’ operations, Haltzel says, he would “cut them off after one minute and say, ‘I’ve heard enough.”
According to Pro Publica, Dudek defended himself by telling advocates, “I’ve had to make some tough choices, choices I didn’t agree with. But the president wanted it and I did it.”
Laura was well-respected within the agency. She speaks the truth.
Email yesterday that the Agency is "suspending" telework for OAO collective bargaining employees. Full RTO starting 3/17.
People keep saying this (maybe the same person repeatedly?) But there is zero reason for him to "lawyer up" because he is doing things in his role as ACOSS that people, myself included, find either ill-advised, ill-conceived, or otherwise objectionable. These are Agency actions, and the Agency has to defend them via OGC and/or the DOJ, not the ACOSS personally.
Post a Comment