Social Security Administration

Federal retirement and disability benefits agency ($49.4B FY2026 budget); admitted in court DOGE staff shared data on an unapproved server

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The Senate confirmed former Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano as Social Security commissioner on May 6, 2025, by a 53-47 party-line vote.

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NPR — Senate confirms Trump's pick to run Social Security amid upheaval at the agencya 53-47 vote along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of tech CEO Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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According to SSA's court filing, DOGE staffers at the agency sent personal information on about 1,000 people to DOGE operations head Steve Davis.

2025Steve DavisAbout 1,000 people affected; SSA could not determine whether Davis accessed the data.

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The National News Desk (KUTV) — DOGE shared Social Security data through unsecured server, administration saysAdditionally, DOGE’s Social Security staffers sent the personally identifiable information of around 1,000 people to Steve Davis, the operational head of the cost-cutting unit. SSA couldn’t determine whether Davis accessed the data, though.

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SSA said in a January 2026 court filing that DOGE staff used Cloudflare, which is not approved for agency data, to share SSA information in March 2025, and that it could not tell what was shared.

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The National News Desk (KUTV) — DOGE shared Social Security data through unsecured server, administration saysThe Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a Friday court filing that DOGE employees used Cloudflare, an internet services provider, to share SSA information in March. Cloudflare is not approved for storing the agency’s data, and using it like DOGE did is a violation of security protocols, SSA said.

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SSA's budget for fiscal 2026 is $49.448 billion.$49.4B

FY2026Wikipedia infobox figure citing SSA's FY2026 Budget in Brief (ssa.gov/budget/assets/materials/2026/2026BST.pdf); ssa.gov blocked automated retrieval of the PDF.

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Wikipedia — Social Security Administrationinfobox: budget$49.448 billion (FY 2026)

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