Worker Removed for Aiding DOGE Is Made Social Security Boss Within Days
- New acting Social Security chief wrote about DOGE on LinkedIn
- Former leadership sought to remove him over DOGE cooperation
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Leland Dudek’s weekend started with a phone call removing him from his job at the Social Security Administration after giving information about the agency to DOGE, the government cost-cutting initiative associated with billionaire Elon Musk.
By Monday, he was named the agency’s acting commissioner.