Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano arrives at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Frank Bisignano responded to a whistleblower complaint about a DOGE-DHS plan to move living individuals to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement strategy.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Letters from Sens. Warren and Blumenthal follow a whistleblower complaint detailing an attempt to move 2.7 million people to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement…
IRS CEO Frank Bisignano awaits the start of a hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on April 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Frank Bisignano told the Senate Finance Committee that advanced technology has made up for massive staff cuts, saying the agency has had “less people and better results.”
Treasury’s Do Not Pay service, which helps agencies and states verify identities and eligibility before issuing payments, now includes the SSA’s massive Numident database.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Democracy Forward is suing the Social Security Administration over unfulfilled FOIA requests following a DOJ filing that revealed DOGE’s pact with a group looking for “evidence of…
The report comes just days after President Trump signed a law permanently authorizing the SSA to share its death data with Treasury’s Do Not Pay system.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 04: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) (R) and Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) preside over a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
A protester holds a sign that reads: “This billionaire stole your social security number” during a protest at a Manhattan Tesla dealership to demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The DOJ revealed usage of a third-party server to share data, as well as DOGE communicating with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results” in states.