WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Social Security Administration is announcing an organizational realignment of the functions provided by its Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight (OARO). These functions remain critical to ensuring the high quality and effectiveness of the programs Social Security administers that SSA uses the latest tools to recommend opportunities to improve them, and that fraud is detected and prevented.
“President Trump has made it clear that good government must do better at identifying and eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse,” said Lee Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. “Realigning functions previously under the Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight is an important, common-sense step in the right direction to strengthen further the integrity of the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs millions of people depend on.”
Moving OARO functions to existing parts of the agency will streamline layers of management, increase data sharing with essential Social Security components, and speed up the opportunities to identify fraud, waste, and abuse and implement needed solutions.
Acting Commissioner Dudek understands that the government alone doesn’t have all the answers. An important part of identifying fraud, waste, and abuse is timely and meaningful engagement with various stakeholders, including many in the advocate community. Engagement with advocates will resume in earnest. With the realignment of OARO functions, Gina Clemons, formerly the Deputy Commissioner for OARO, will take the lead for SSA to engage directly with key outside stakeholders on topics including protecting the integrity of our programs and identifying opportunities for efficiencies such as program simplification and technology. These improvements will build on recommendations that DOGE team members provide the agency and help improve how Social Security serves America.
