Leland Dudek’s weekend started with a phone call removing him from his job at the Social Security Administration after giving information about the agency to DOGE, the government cost-cutting initiative associated with billionaire Elon Musk. By Monday, he was named the agency’s acting commissioner.

KEY TAKEAWAYS The previous acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left after Elon Musk's DOGE attempt to access sensitive government records.Lee Dudek has been appointed the administration’s acting commissioner pending the Senate Confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee.

The staffer with billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency who resigned after a report that linked him to racism and eugenics has been reinstated at the Social Security Administration,

Lee Dudek, the new acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said DOGE staffers won't be able make changes to agency systems or payments.

WASHINGTON—Leland Dudek had spent more than a decade at the Social Security Administration, including time overseeing a fraud investigation office, but was largely unknown to senior executives at the agency.