With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.

The relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for four months, ended dramatically. Despite Musk's departure, Trump insists that the agency's work is far from over.

Under DOGE's instruction, the SSA made significant changes, including a 7,000-job workforce reduction and a new anti-fraud system.

Despite the billionaire’s exit from the White House, DOGE remains central to an effort to make Social Security a “digital-first organization.”

Elon Musk is gone but not forgotten at the Social Security Administration, as the head of the agency considers himself “fundamentally a DOGE person.” Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano said in a recent interview that he plans to use the engineers Musk brought in with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to revamp the agency to rely more heavily on technology and artificial intelligence for providing customer service,