Social Security Admin whistleblower resigns after DOGE complaint

Aug. 30 (UPI) — The Chief Data Officer of the U.S. Social Security Administration has resigned, days after accusing Department of Government Efficiency officials of copying data on more than 300 million people.

The non-profit Government Accountability Office confirmed Charles Borges’ departure from the administration this week, posting a copy of his resignation letter.

The GAO will provide Borges with legal representation, after his whistleblower complaint accused DOGE officials of illegally copying the data of some 300 million Americans, including people’s Social Security numbers, names and dates of birth.

Borges’ complaint alleges that data was then copied and saved on a private area of the SSA’s cloud storage.

“I am regretfully, involuntarily leaving my position at the Social Security Administration (SSA). This involuntary resignation is the result of SSA’s actions against me, which make my duties impossible to perform legally and ethically, have caused me serious attendant mental, physical, and emotional distress, and constitute a constructive discharge,” Borges wrote in his resignation letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano.

The letter goes on to say Borges, who previously worked as an executive at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has become aware of “several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal statutes or regulations.”

Borges name and title were still listed on the SSA organizational chart Saturday at noon.

The former U.S. Navy Commander this week sent letters containing allegations to members of four congressional committees and Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer of the Office of Special Counsel.

“Mr. Borges informed Congress this week through a protected whistleblower disclosure of his grave concerns that the private information of Americans — including their Social Security numbers — was copied to a server without proper oversight or security controls,” GAP lawyer Andrea Meza, who will serve as Borges’ attorney, said in a statement on the agency’s website.

“He no longer felt that he could continue to work for the Social Security Administration in good conscience given what he had witnessed. He will continue to work with the proper oversight bodies and will refrain from making any further comments at this time.”