A whistleblower’s disclosure that the White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) copied Social Security Administration (SSA) data into an unapproved database should be investigated by the SSA inspector general, according to Rep. Robert Garcia (D., Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Charles Borges, SSA’s former chief data officer, disclosed last month that DOGE personnel created a cloud-based copy of SSA’s Numerical Identification System (NUMIDENT) database, which contains personal information about anyone who ever applied for a Social Security number (CPR, Aug. 26).
“A senior and highly credible whistleblower has come forward with an alarming report that members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), while embedded at the Social Security Administration (SSA), copied this entire database to an unsecure cloud server, evading security and oversight measures required by law,” Rep. Garcia said in a letter sent yesterday to Michelle Anderson, SSA’s acting inspector general.
“In his complaint, the whistleblower, who until recently served as SSA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO), lays out how individuals working for DOGE showed repeated disregard for responsible cybersecurity practices and the rule of law at SSA, pressuring career employees to provide access to SSA data even after a federal judge ordered that DOGE representatives lose access to this information,” Rep. Garcia noted.
“DOGE representatives allegedly went...
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