Is DOGE Really Running the SSA?

I don't like to be alarmist but I'm alarmed. Social Security has made huge structural changes and many staff have departed in the last week.

Lee Dudek, the Acting Commissioner of SSA, said many decisions within the agency are being made WITHOUT HIS INPUT, saying, "I am receiving decisions that are made without my input. I have to effectuate those decisions."

DOGE seems to be controlling the acting commissioner, who was apparently working with them since January. They also installed an outsider with no government experience as the SSA CIO. I'm concerned about data security and the possible impact on SSA's mission, to say the least.

Are we all, by extension, working for and helping DOGE?