Statement from Lee Dudek, Acting Commissioner: Correcting Recent Decision Impacting People of Maine
“I recently directed Social Security employees to end two contracts which affected the good people of the state of Maine. The two contracts are Enumeration at Birth (EAB), which helps new parents quickly request a Social Security number and card for their newborn before leaving the hospital, and Electronic Death Registry (EDR) which shares recorded deaths with Social Security.
In retrospect, I realize that ending these contracts created an undue burden on the people of Maine, which was not the intent. For that, I apologize and have directed that both contracts be immediately reinstated. EAB and EDR continue in place for every state and were not affected.
As a leader, I will admit my mistakes and make them right.”
19 comments:
Great. Now can you walk by the decimation of ROs before the whole thing collapses? How the hell can an RC with a skeleton crew support staff effectively supervise and support 250-300 FOs. It’s tripling their oversight with no support staff. Make it make sense Lee.
How about admitting your mistake of trying to fire 7,000 employees
Perhaps this is an example of why we shouldn't tap middle managers with chips on their shoulder to lead entire agencies?
Leland, you are way above your pay grade. Please resign so you can work as a towel boy for your fearless leader.
Dumbass. That's all I got for this clown figurehead 🤡
On the brightside, it looks like "not F-ing over an entire state" is now an ease accomplishment for the actual workers at SSA
Leader, my ass. Manager in name only, at best.
This whole situation is a microcosm of what happens when someone who doesn't understand what his Agency actually does gets appointed to a position for no other reason than because he's willing to be a stooge for people who both don't know and don't care what that Agency does.
A competent leader would’ve seen those consequences miles ahead of time.
Guess the powers that be said strongly that if there is any blame the blame falls on you, no one else. Or else.
How do you look at yourself in the mirror, Dudek? Isn’t dignity more important? You are a weak man!
Maybe he should have asked literally anyone at the agency about this before deferring to 20 year old tech bros. Crazy I know.
Not true!!! Did it to Iowa too!!
History will use a house roller to paint him as the man responsible for the destruction of the American safety net.
He was not a manager. Just a nobody loser who never had any friends and still doesn’t.
Wow! The contracts will need to be re-solicited and placed as a new award!! The will be difficult to do given the funding freeze!!
https://koconfessional.substack.com/p/this-week-in-dudek-enabled-social?triedRedirect=true
Check out the latest SSA blog. Another blow to the public.
Let’s be very clear - this was NOT a mistake. This was a White House directed shutdown of services to the state of Maine in retaliation for the Governors refusal to capitulate on Trumps recent EO on transgender people. This was deliberate and calculated political weaponization of the program to silence an opponent.
He just announced a return to 100% withholding on overpayments by default via press release btw. So much for 10% default rate.
The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) told AARP this week that the agency is committed to improving customer service as it moves quickly to cut costs and reduce its workforce.
“We are identifying efficiencies and reducing costs, with a renewed focus on mission-critical work,” Leland Dudek wrote March 4, answering questions posed by AARP in a letter to the SSA last month. “These steps prioritize customer service by streamlining redundant layers of management, reducing non-mission critical work and potential reassignment of employees to customer service positions.”
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