Las Vegas Social Security office subject to DOGE cut
A Las Vegas Social Security Administration office is being affected by a series of cuts by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.
A 1,900 square-foot office with a lease value of $65,406 was given a “true termination” and directed to move to a federal space, according to DOGE’s website. The department estimated the lease cancellation will save $16,352.
It is not clear what impact, if any, the loss of the space will have on Social Security services in the Las Vegas Valley.
Over 395,000 Clark County residents are beneficiaries of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, according to 2022 data from the Social Security Administration. That includes retired workers, widows, children and disabled workers.
Social Security has offices in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. DOGE did not specify which Social Security facility in the Las Vegas Valley is targeted, though the Las Vegas Review-Journal found that all three offices were open Tuesday morning.
Also, the Social Security Administration announced Tuesday the closure of its Office of Transformation and Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, though it’s unclear if the Las Vegas location is part of those closures.
“President Trump has mandated the Federal government eliminate wasteful and inefficient offices and the Office of Transformation was a prime example,” said Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of Social Security, in a statement. “This redundant office was created under the previous administration and we are righting that wrong.
Employees within those offices will be put on administrative leave, effective Tuesday, the Social Security Administration announced.
The Office of Transformation was responsible for the “strategic guidance and oversight of enterprise-wide initiatives, addressing policies, business processes, and systems,” according to the Social Security website. It provided guidance and oversight to Social Security offices for enterprise projects.
The Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity provided “overall management of the SSA-wide programs of civil rights, equal employment opportunity, harassment prevention, reasonable accommodations and disability services,” according to the Social Security website. The administration will transfer responsibility for processing Equal Employment Opportunity complaints to other parts of the administration, according to the Social Security Administration.
Rep. Steven Horsford, one of two Democrats on the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, did not have any information Tuesday morning on the Las Vegas office that has been targeted and said that is “a major problem.”
“They aren’t even briefing the members of Congress that these cuts or closures impact so that we can support and defend our constituents,” he said.
The representative for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District said almost 70 percent of his constituents depend on Social Security as their sole source of income. He has been receiving more calls from constituents saying they need more help from Social Security, not less, he said.
“I joined that so that I would have a seat at the table for this very reason, so that I could defend my constituents, I could speak up on their behalf, and I could make sure that they’re not making cuts to the things that are essential to the people,” he said.
Horsford added that Elon Musk has no authority to close a Social Security office and said that DOGE is claiming to make cuts to things that aren’t substantiated and that there’s no transparency.
A previous version of this story included an inaccurate count of Social Security recipients in Clark County.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X. Staff writer McKenna Ross contributed to this report.
