Social Security Administration offices DOGE, Elon Musk is closing

  • Southeast especially hard hit by DOGE office closures
  • Trump administration cutting federal agency workforce
  • Shutdowns part of DOGE's effort to trim federal budget

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(NewsNation) — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has started making large budget cuts, resulting in the closure of multiple Social Security Administration offices across the United States.

The latest announcement currently has a total of 47 offices nationwide with closures or plans for closures across the Southeast, Midwest, Northeast and Western U.S., Newsweek reported.

The Southeastern U.S. was hit the hardest, with almost half of all closures taking place in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas.

What Social Security offices are closing?

Here’s the latest list of Social Security offices that have been closed or are in the process of being closed by DOGE:

Georgia

Alabama

Arkansas

North Carolina

Texas

New York

Mississippi

Social Security preparing for ‘significant workforce reductions’

The Social Security Administration released a news release in February stating all agency employees have been told to prepare for “significant workforce reductions.”

According to the release, the SSA will work on restructuring the department, which could lead to employees being fired or redirected. It could also lead to organizations or positions being erased completely.

“Reassignments may be involuntary and may require retraining for new workloads,” the release said.

DOGE, Elon Musk cuts

This all comes as Elon Musk’s DOGE continues to make cuts. In February, hundreds of weather forecasters and other employees with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were fired.

According to Craig McLean, a former NOAA chief scientist, the first round of cuts at the NOAA were probationary employees.

In fact, thousands of probationary employees across the entire federal government have been fired in the past few weeks. Musk claims that DOGE has saved an estimated $65 billion so far, but data shows that 40% of the contracts that have been cut so far won’t be saving the government any money.

So far, it is unclear how much money DOGE has saved for the federal government.

NewsNation’s Sierra Campbell contributed to this report.

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