She has since been replaced by acting Commissioner Lee Dudek, who confirmed that DOGE staffers will not be able to make changes to agency systems, benefit payments or other inform

Even if none of your data gets mislaid, copied or hacked, it's a good idea to store copies of some key federal records for safekeeping.

Lee Dudek, the new acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said DOGE staffers won't be able make changes to agency systems or payments.

President Trump has linked two budget items, and that may be a good idea. Trump wants to extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provide some other tax breaks, and we need to fix Social Security. The link between tax cuts and Social Security exists because one of Trump’s new tax-cutting proposals would exempt Social Security benefits from taxation under the federal income tax.

Some Democrats have raised concerns about Leland Dudek’s leadership of the agency.

Howard Lutnick said that Elon Musk is going to "cut a trillion dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse" in Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its investigations into the Social Security Administration (SSA). Social Security benefits are paid monthly,

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to end federal taxation of Social Security retirement benefits.

You may not remember much from 1975, but it was when Gerald Ford was president, Saturday Night Live premiered on TV, and the Vietnam War ended.

The unofficial government department has so far identified savings of just over $232 million with regards to the SSA alone.