Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek has threatened to block access to SSA’s systems in reaction to the judge’s ruling,
Which would prevent millions of Americans from receiving the benefits for which they are qualified. According to him, the temporary restraining order.
That was granted on Thursday, March 20, is so wide that it might apply to any social security employee since it prohibits “DOGE affiliates” from accessing data.
According to Bloomberg, Dudek stated: “DOGE affiliates would be my anti-fraud squad. DOGE associates would make up my IT crew. “As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate.
Access by all SSA employees to our IT systems.” He continued by saying: “Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.”
The news organization claims that 73 million Americans who receive disability or old-age payments will be impacted by this.
