Friday, February 21, 2025
For Immediate Release
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 ensure the programs Social Security administers are of high
quality and effective, that SSA uses the latest tools to recommend opportunities to
improve the programs, and to detect and prevent fraud.
“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 further
strengthen 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
the opportunities to identify fraud, waste, and abuse and implement needed solutions.
Acting Commissioner Dudek understands that government alone doesn’t have all the
answers. An important part of identifying fraud, waste, and abuse, is timely and
meaningful engagement with a range of 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 to
improve how Social Security serves America.
To view the release:
English: PressRls.Realignment
Spanish: SP-PressRls.Realignment-2025-02-21-a
