Social Security may lose thousands more staff under new Trump rule [View all]

Earlier DU thread: Employee cuts at Social Security are leaving remaining workers struggling to keep up

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Source: Reuters

Social Security may lose thousands more staff under new Trump rule

Nathan Layne and Tim Reid
Fri, April 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM EDT 2 min read

(Reuters) -The Social Security Administration could lose thousands more staff beyond the 7,000 already targeted for cuts due to a move by the Trump administration to reclassify government employees, making them easier to fire, worker advocates said on Friday.

President Donald Trump said last week his administration would proceed with plans to designate tens of thousands of federal workers as "at will" employees involved in policy decisions, stripping them of civil service protections.

Trump's announcement triggered fresh scrutiny of an email sent this month by Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek to staff detailing plans to convert a wide range of agency positions to the new "schedule policy/career" classification.

In the April 7 email seen by Reuters and first reported by Government Executive, Dudek instructed staff to reclassify key departments, including the offices of the Chief Information Officer and Disability Determinations.

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