The Chairman and Ranking Democratic leader of the Senate Finance Committee are asking for answers from the Social Security Administration on the recent admissions from the agency on the improper sharing of confidential information outside Social Security, possibly including sharing with nongovernmental partisan entities.
No hearing has been scheduled. A actual hearing might have to involve Bisignano and Republicans don’t want him facing live questions.
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Slow news day? This is a nothing burger.
Sure, you wouldn’t want someone speaking in a public forum who always sounds drunk and has a history of theft. He’s a Doge-bro. They continue to steal: our money, our PII, our future
Dear Commissioner Bisignano:
January 27, 2026
We write to request additional details about the new information disclosed in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Notice of Corrections to the Record, filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on January 16, 2026, regarding the then- DOGE Team’s access to and use of SSA data.
As Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, which has sole Senate jurisdiction over the Social Security program, we take very seriously the SSA’s stewardship of any personally identifiable information (PII) in its purview. The latest disclosures raise numerous questions about the scope of the then-DOGE Team’s activities, primarily during the first few months of 2025.
As a first step, we request that the agency provide our staff with a comprehensive briefing as soon as possible on the content of the disclosure filed on January 16 and the process that identified this new information months into SSA’s review of the then-DOGE Team’s activities. In addition to briefing our staff, we request written responses to the following questions by February 10, 2026:
1. The disclosure suggests that the SSA’s policies for granting access to PII were not consistently followed during the time covered by the latest court filing. Based on this information, what steps has the agency taken, or does the agency plan to take, to ensure strict compliance with its policies regarding collecting, handling, and accessing PII going forward?
2. According to the latest disclosure, a member of the then-SSA DOGE Team was able to independently execute a data sharing agreement with an outside
organization, seemingly without the knowledge of other agency employees or agency leadership. Following this discovery:
a. What steps has SSA taken, or does SSA plan to take, to determine what, if any, data was improperly accessed or shared with the outside organization?
b. What is SSA’s current understanding of what, if any, data was shared with an outside organization?
c. What steps has SSA taken, or does SSA plan to take, to prevent a similar situation arising in the future?
3. Since early 2025, SSA has engaged in multiple information collection efforts in response to requests from Congress and the courts, yet new information appears to have just come to light in late 2025. What steps is the SSA taking to ensure the agency will be able to identify all information needed to fully address Congressional inquiries going forward?
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to your prompt response to our questions. Should the agency uncover further information regarding the then-DOGE Team’s access to and use of any PII held by SSA, we expect this information to be shared with this Committee in a timely manner.
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Social Security Administration to elaborate on a recent court filing which stated that SSA doesn’t know the full extent of agency data accessed and shared by the Department of Government Efficiency.
In a letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano, Sens. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked for a briefing on the recent court disclosure, writing that “we take very seriously the SSA’s stewardship of any personally identifiable information (PII) in its purview.”
The government filed the disclosure, dated Jan. 16 and signed by a Justice Department official, as part of an ongoing legal battle over DOGE access to SSA data.
Can we stop posting the text of articles in the comments? It's incredibly annoying.
Leland checking in.
DOGE needs to lawyer up ASAP!
Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
No, if you want to read it, click the link. This is for comments--not the literal text from the link.
I'm an attorney in private practice, by the way.
What is everyone's obsession with Dudek? He was bad at his job, and he will face no consequences. We're talking about the real world, not SSA employee fan fiction world.
Except that it’s not, and if this had happened during a democrat‘s administration, you knuckle-draggers would be ranting about it and holding endless congressional hearings until at least the year 2075. I get it though. It’s not as fun when the clown car you hitched your gun-toting life to actually has to try and run the nation.
Why? Do you really think something will happen..?really??
Congress and the public will pay close attention to see if identity theft was involved. It would be prudent to get an attorney.
Many of us spent our careers building more than programs. We built people. We invested in regions, leadership development, and clear paths for those coming behind us because we believed continuity and experience mattered to the Agency mission.
Leland disrupted that work in real and lasting ways. Long standing career paths were undone. Regional leadership capacity was reduced. Lines of succession abandoned. Decades of experience were set aside with little recognition of what was being lost. For those near retirement, this time was meant to be about stewardship, mentoring others, and closing out a career with dignity. Instead, we were given the door, and not even a thank you.
This was not just about titles or individual outcomes. It was about the loss of institutional knowledge and trust. When experienced leaders are removed without a clear plan for transition or knowledge transfer, the impact does not end with the reorganization. It shows up later in gaps, delays, and strain on those who remain.
As SSA alumni, we understand that change is part of public service. But how change is carried out matters. People matter. Experience matters. The way an institution treats those who gave it their careers sends a message to the next generation of leaders.
If there is a lesson to carry forward, it is this. Change should not come at the cost of dignity, continuity, or respect for service. These are not sentimental ideas. They are essential to a strong and lasting organization.
The Fork In The Road was the final straw. Vought made it clear that all the years I put in at the agency to help people in need was a waste of time that could have been better handled by contracting the work out to private enterprise. It was the final slap in the face with Vought saying Good Riddance Worthless Person.
8:37 Well said.
Leland Dudick is a TRAITOR. That’s why those of us whose career’s were destroyed, whose life’s work was trampled on, and whose PII was stolen right in front of our eyes will never forgive or forget. He voluntarily sent confidential internal Agency information to Doge before he was even asked. Leland should be in jail
Sounds like SSA should pay for credit freezing and monitoring for all 340+ million of us forever. That is just a start. Beyond congressional investigations, criminal investigations should be opened.
Why hasn’t the CISO reported what was shared out. They monitor and capture all outbound traffic from what I understand.
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