DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Photo credit: AFGE via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Makena Kelly. Wired – March 28, 2025.

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk. […]

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