Chuck Borges, Social Security Administration chief data officer, sent staff an email saying he was regretfully and involuntarily leaving his position after filing a whistleblower complaint alleging mishandling of sensitive SSA data. The resignation email disappeared from employee inboxes less than 30 minutes after delivery for unclear reasons, and one staffer speculated removal occurred because it criticized agency leadership. Federal law generally requires agencies to retain internal records, including emails. Borges filed a formal complaint with the Office of Special Counsel accusing the Department of Government Efficiency of wrongfully uploading SSA data. Neither Borges nor the SSA responded to requests for comment.
"I am regretfully and involuntarily leaving my position at the Social Security Administration (SSA)," Borges wrote in the resignation letter to staff obtained by WIRED. "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."
"Less than 30 minutes after staffers received the email, it mysteriously disappeared from employee inboxes, the SSA sources tell WIRED. It is not clear whether the email had been restored after it was made unavailable, nor was the reason for the email's disappearance immediately clear. One SSA staffer speculates that it was removed because it was critical of the agency."
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