Tech leaders at Treasury, the FDIC and EXIM Bank’s OIG say collaborative efforts have helped agencies stay ahead of fraudsters as AI-fueled scams proliferate.
The Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act, signed into law Wednesday, directs the agency to have one point of contact for individuals whose…
A sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Md. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The agency released an enterprise AI strategy in September 2025. The new RFI calls for intel on agentic capabilities and how SSA can “accelerate” an agency-wide approach…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speak at a news conference in the Capitol on March 9, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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)
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.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Letters from Sens. Warren and Blumenthal follow a whistleblower complaint detailing an attempt to move 2.7 million people to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement…
IRS CEO Frank Bisignano awaits the start of a hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on April 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Frank Bisignano told the Senate Finance Committee that advanced technology has made up for massive staff cuts, saying the agency has had “less people and better results.”
Treasury’s Do Not Pay service, which helps agencies and states verify identities and eligibility before issuing payments, now includes the SSA’s massive Numident database.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Democracy Forward is suing the Social Security Administration over unfulfilled FOIA requests following a DOJ filing that revealed DOGE’s pact with a group looking for “evidence of…