Government & Public Sector — SSA Faces Multi-Front Pressure as DOGE Wins Data Access, Telework Fight Escalates, and Field Office Closures Loom Under New Occupancy Law

Government & Public Sector · 2026-04-11

The Social Security Administration is under extraordinary simultaneous pressure from three directions today, making it the single most consequential story cluster for public sector professionals. An appeals court has cleared DOGE to access SSA data despite acknowledged improper access by DOGE associates — a ruling that sets precedent for executive branch data access across agencies. Separately,…