{"id":95406,"date":"2025-08-28T03:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=95406"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:27:23","slug":"social-securitys-chief-data-officer-blows-the-whistle-on-doge-adele-merrit-resigns-as-nihs-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=95406","title":{"rendered":"Social Security&#8217;s chief data officer blows the whistle on DOGE; Adele Merrit resigns as NIH&#8217;s CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"Social Security&#039;s chief data officer blows the whistle on DOGE; Adele Merrit resigns as NIH&#039;s CIO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Haqj_f85x0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Department of Government Efficiency members stored a copy of a massive Social Security Administration database in a \u201cvulnerable\u201d custom cloud environment, putting more than 300 million people\u2019s personal information at risk, the agency\u2019s chief data officer said in a new whistleblower complaint. The complaint, filed with Congress on Tuesday, revealed new concerns from CDO Charles Borges about \u201cserious data security lapses\u201d allegedly involving DOGE officials working at the SSA. <\/p>\n<p>Adele Merritt is out as the top IT official at the National Institutes of Health after roughly eight months in the role, again changing up the leadership in the position. Merritt was first announced as the new chief information officer in December after most recently serving as CIO of the intelligence community. At the time she took on the position, the role hadn\u2019t had a permanent official in roughly two years. <\/p>\n<p>Articles Mentioned<br \/>\nDOGE employees uploaded Social Security database to \u2018vulnerable\u2019 cloud, agency whistleblower says via FedScoop:  https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/doge-social-security-database-whistleblower-cloud-environment-data-vulnerabilities\/ <\/p>\n<p>NIH\u2019s top IT official, Adele Merritt, has left the agency via FedScoop: https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/nih-cio-adele-merritt-departure-university-of-maryland\/ <\/p>\n<p>#govtech  #federal  #government  #technology  #news  #ssa  #socialsecurity  #doge  #NIH #workforce  #leadership  #informationtechnology  #techleadership  #governmentnews  #technews  #datasecurity  #dataprivacy  #trumpadministration <\/p>\n<p>Follow The Daily Scoop Podcast on Social Media<br \/>\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DailyScoopPod<br \/>\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-daily-scoop-podcast\/<br \/>\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyscooppodcast<\/p>\n<p>About The Daily Scoop Podcast<br \/>\nWe discuss the latest news and trends facing government leaders on such topics as technology, management and workforce. The program will explore headlines of the day as well as in depth discussions with top executives in both government and industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Scoop Podcast is released every weekday afternoon. For the latest insights from Washington, you can subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, and Spotify. https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/show\/the-daily-scoop-podcast\/<\/p>\n<p><!-- Video Blogster Pro --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Government Efficiency members stored a copy of a massive Social Security Administration database in a \u201cvulnerable\u201d custom cloud environment, putting more than 300 million people\u2019s person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dogecoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Social-Securitys-chief-data-officer-blows-the-whistle-on-DOGE-Adele-Merrit-resigns-as-NIHs-CIO.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95300,"url":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=95300","url_meta":{"origin":95406,"position":0},"title":"Whistle-Blower Says DOGE Mishandled Social Security Numbers &#8211; 12:30 Report | TRENDING","author":"coin.iroirojapon.com","date":"2025\u5e748\u670827\u65e5","format":false,"excerpt":"A whistleblower has filed a complaint about the in\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u30c9\u30fc\u30b8\u30b3\u30a4\u30f3(DOGE)","block_context":{"text":"\u30c9\u30fc\u30b8\u30b3\u30a4\u30f3(DOGE)","link":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whistle-Blower-Says-DOGE-Mishandled-Social-Security-Numbers-1230-Report-TRENDING.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whistle-Blower-Says-DOGE-Mishandled-Social-Security-Numbers-1230-Report-TRENDING.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whistle-Blower-Says-DOGE-Mishandled-Social-Security-Numbers-1230-Report-TRENDING.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whistle-Blower-Says-DOGE-Mishandled-Social-Security-Numbers-1230-Report-TRENDING.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whistle-Blower-Says-DOGE-Mishandled-Social-Security-Numbers-1230-Report-TRENDING.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":101395,"url":"https:\/\/coin.iroirojapon.com\/?p=101395","url_meta":{"origin":95406,"position":1},"title":"To DOGE Or Not To DOGE? 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