The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has pushed back on a Democrat claim that it had closed Social Security offices in Georgia.
The official X account for DOGE said that it had not closed any “field sites” in Georgia or anywhere else, but that it had closed 5 “permanent remote hearing sites” since the hearings were now being held virtually.
“This post is inaccurate. [Social Security] is not closing any field sites in Georgia or elsewhere,” DOGE wrote on X. “The confusion likely arises from the closure of 5 permanent remote hearing sites (PRSs)—single rooms within field sites used for hearings. Since most hearings are now virtual, these PRSs are unnecessary. Field sites remain open, and Social Security has no plans to close any public-facing sites nationwide.”
This post is inaccurate. @SocialSecurity is not closing any field sites in Georgia or elsewhere.
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