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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)

SSA hasn’t marked living people as dead in database, commissioner says

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.

2 hours ago By Matt Bracken

Frank Bisignano arrives to his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Maansi Srivastava for the Washington Post)

Social Security chief ducks DOGE questions as Democrats decry agency cuts

Frank Bisignano wouldn’t say whether he still considers himself “a DOGE person” and provided scant details on remaining DOGE staffers at the agency.

Jun 27, 2025 By Matt Bracken