Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration.
H. Res. 701 is a House resolution of inquiry introduced in the 119th Congress. It requests the President to provide the House with copies of documents and communications related to the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to NUMIDENT (the Social Security Administration’s Numerical Identification System) and other personally identifiable information (PII) held by SSA. The request covers: the development of a cloud environment hosting a NUMIDENT copy, related risk assessments and security protocols, and the purposes for creating and using such a cloud environment (including audits, denial of benefits, centralizing federal citizen data, sale of data, or AI training). It also seeks information about DOGE personnel with access to NUMIDENT in the cloud and to SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) after March 14, 2025, including named individuals. The President would need to supply these materials within 14 days of adoption. The resolution signals congressional oversight concerns about how DOGE would handle highly sensitive SSA data and whether its cloud and data-access activities could affect privacy, benefits administration, or federal data practices. It is a non-binding request to furnish information, not new policy or funding.
Key Points
- 1The resolution is a non-binding inquiry that requires the President to provide the House with documents and communications within 14 days of adoption, focusing on DOGE’s access to NUMIDENT and SSA PII.
- 2It centers on a cloud environment hosting a copy of NUMIDENT, demanding details on its development, risk assessments, and security protocols.
- 3It asks for the purpose of creating the NUMIDENT cloud, including whether it would be used for federal audits/investigations, restricting benefits, forming a centralized federal citizen data database, data sales, or AI training.
- 4It identifies specific DOGE personnel (e.g., Edward Coristine, Aram Moghaddassi, John Solly, Michael Russo, Payton Rehling) and asks about their access to NUMIDENT and related data, including anyone acting for or on behalf of DOGE.
- 5It requests information about access to and usage of SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse after March 14, 2025 by DOGE personnel, again naming specific individuals or those acting on DOGE’s behalf.