Payton Rehling

Wrecker, age 27
Likely aliases: SSA-09

Positions

Position Notes
2/23-
[as SSA-09] appointed Expert, Office of the CIO (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer) docs: onboard
likely detailed NYT
internal xfer NYT
internal xfer NYT
4/15-
likely detailed NYT

Systems

System Details
PSSNAP
3/14-
Phone Social Security Number Application Process data
read access granted by Agency Director Leland Dudek
SSN application process data (Phone). This is a data extract file rather than an independent system. court doc
MBR
3/17-
Master Beneficiary Record
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
A large record of all individuals elgible to receive social security benefits court doc
NUMIDENT
3/17-
NUMIDENT files
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody court doc
SSR
3/17-
Supplemental Security Record master records
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
A master record used by the SSA for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program court doc
CIS
3/25-
Central Index System
unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord
The CIS contains information about immigrants who use Alien Numbers, or A-Numbers. FedScoop
ELIS
3/25-
Electronic Immigration System
unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord
ELIS acts as a case management system for USCIS and includes information about green cards and petitions, as well as details related to Temporary Protected Status and DACA applicants FedScoop
DBIS
3/25-
USCIS Data Business Intelligence Services
unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord
A system for tracking payments and business operations of USCIS FedScoop
ECAS
4/21-
Executive Office for Immigration Review's Court and Appeals System
unknown access
A system used by DOJ for tracking the status of immigration cases Wash. Post

Events

Date Event
3/12
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes "the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)"
3/13
Wired reports that 10 DOGE staffers are visible in the Microsoft Teams directory of all employees at SSA
3/19
Leland Dudek approves access of "Employee 9" of the DOGE team at SSA for some additional schemas in PSSNAP
3/25
Tech staffers and contractors noticed a new DOGE staffer, Sahil Lavingia, was pushing code to a repo in the VA's Github instance. He also appeared to be using an AI tool to write code.
3/27
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for Employee 1, Employee 5, Employee 8 and Employee 9 on the DOGE team. This access is through the SSA's Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He claims DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.
3/28
USCIS CIO William McElhaney sends a message to DHS Deputy Secretary asking them to review access that was granted to DOGE staff
4/11
Politico profiles a DOGE immigration task force that is located within DHS but has contacts with DOGE staff at other agencies