Modernizing the SSA’s technical infrastructure is not a novel idea – and such modernizations have a poor track record.

EXACTLY. It's a COURAGE problem. An HONESTY problem. A SPINELESSNESS problem. Republicans have no courage. They are the party of fear and fecklessness. They cannot stand up FOR their voters or FOR ...

We study how people understand numbers. At a time when student math scores are sliding, are Department of Education cuts worth it?

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has only one mission—to reduce federal spending by ...

As lawsuits move forward to stop Trump's executive order to dissolve the Department of Education, Open the Books is taking a ...

The Department of Government Efficiency has saved taxpayers over $100 billion in its first two months, according to DOGE's website. DOGE, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has recommended mass layoffs ...

Fishback’s math was based on a projected $2 trillion in government savings. That would provide $400 billion in payments, divided across 79 million taxpaying households. The result? A $5,000 check.

SOME OF THEM ARE BEING TARGETED FOR CLOSURE BY ELON MUSK’S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, OR DOGE. BUT SOME WORKERS IN THOSE OFFICES TELL ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ...

On Thursday, a federal judge ordered Musk and DOGE to stop accessing the data and delete any non-anonymized Social Security records they have collected, saying that DOGE had failed to even explain ...

“My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,” said Lee Dudek, acting Social Security Administration (SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too ...

A federal judge likened DOGE efforts to identify and eliminate waste and fraud at the Social Security Administration to a “fishing expedition” on Thursday, blocking Elon Musk’s team of cost ...

One of the government agencies that needs to be abolished is the Department of Education. The top-heavy educrats, who have overseen the downward spiral in our education system's results, should go.