WIRED: DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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109. This has nothing to do with hardware.

It's the software/programming that is absolutely unstable. What part of "prone to breakdown" and "at risk of catastrophic failure" do you fail to understand?

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However, failure to address these critical concerns will delay the inevitable and costs will only increase. In the meantime, severe disruptions of service will intensify as the system further degrades.

The current inefficient, outdated system cannot keep pace with
the services SSA must deliver each day, costing us millions of dollars.

However, we strongly believe dedicated and sustained
resources for the modernization of SSA’s IT infrastructure are necessary to ensure the agency can run efficiently, saving tax dollars.
The longer we delay addressing these issues, the more severe disruptions will occur, risking major systems outages.