The Social Security Administration has announced the closing of a component within the agency, the Office of Transformation.
Employees in this office will be put on administrative leave effective Monday.
“President Trump has mandated the federal government eliminate wasteful and inefficient offices and the Office of Transformation was a prime example,” said Lee Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. “This redundant office was created under the previous administration and we are righting that wrong.”
On Wednesday, Dudek pointed out that openness, transparency, and accountability “are tenets of good government and demonstrating them begins with me.”
Dudek noted that good government means finding ways to improve, subscribing to the Department of Government Efficiency’s activities.
“DOGE is a critical part of President Trump’s commitment to identifying fraud, waste, and abuse, and better ways for the government to function to support its people,” he stated. “I want to be very clear about the DOGE personnel who are now working at Social Security.”
