{"id":106661,"date":"2025-03-29T14:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T14:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T14:08:49","slug":"what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase\/","title":{"rendered":"What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration\u2019s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system\u2014and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely\u2014at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The project is being organized by Elon Musk lieutenant Steve Davis, multiple sources who were not given permission to talk to the media tell WIRED, and aims to migrate all SSA systems off COBOL, one of the first common business-oriented programming languages, and onto a more modern replacement like Java within a scheduled tight timeframe of a few months.<\/p>\n<p>Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/policy\/docs\/quickfacts\/stat_snapshot\/\">65 million people<\/a> in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2025\/03\/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2025\/03\/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration\u2019s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system\u2014and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely\u2014at risk. 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