Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
The Government Accountability Office found DOGE’s supposed cost-cutting tally lacked transparency, including listing savings that came before its launch.
Demonstrators gather outside of the offices of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest against mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and DOGE. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Some sub-offices were left completely empty, the Office of the Inspector General found using Microsoft Teams, since the agency refused to supply staffing data.
He will join GSA as acting director of Technology Transformation Services, taking over for Thomas Shedd, and serve as a senior advisor to Edward Forst.
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)
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Charles Borges, who served as SSA’s CDO since January, said he cannot verify that agency data is being used in accordance with legal agreements or federal requirements.
An SSA spokesperson maintained the agency is “not aware of any compromise” to the cloud environment referenced in the complaint from the agency’s chief data officer.
James Walkinshaw, the Fairfax County Supervisor and former chief of staff to the late Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., speaks during the Congressional District 11 Candidates Forum at the Reston Community Center on June 24, 2025 in Reston, Va. (Photo by Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)