‘I’m one of many nice Googlers on the East Coast’: New head of Social Security needed to search for his job when supplied | EUROtoday

Donald Trump’s new head of the Social Security Administration admitted that, previous to accepting his place, he had needed to look it up on-line.

Frank Bisignano boasted to a city corridor assembly that he was “one of the great Googlers on the East Coast,” and had used his “skills” to rapidly search for the position he was being supplied.

Bisignano, a former Wall Street govt, was sworn in for the highest SSA job earlier this month. The SSA is among the largest federal companies, and is answerable for the distribution of retirement, incapacity, and survivor advantages to greater than 70 million U.S. residents.

In an audio recording of the city corridor, obtained by ABC News, Bisignano reportedly advised company staffers that he had not been on the lookout for a task within the Trump administration earlier than being supplied one.

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“So, I get a phone call and it’s about Social Security. And … I’m really not, I swear, I’m not looking for a job,” he mentioned, based on the outlet. “And I’m like, ‘Well, what am I going to do?’”

So “I’m Googling Social Security. You know, one of my great skills, I’m one of the great Googlers on the East Coast … I’m like, ‘What the heck’s the commissioner of Social Security?'”

Lambasting media leaks, Bisignano added jokingly: “Put that as the headline for the Post: ‘Great Googler in Chief. Chief in Googler’ or whatever.”

According to ABC, he later sought to calm concerns about the future of the agency amid the recent crackdown by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has sought to slash the federal workforce.

Bisignano told the managers in the meeting that Social Security was “not going away.”

An SSA official mentioned Bisignano was “clearly” making a joke about needing to Google the main points and duties of his new position.

The Senate confirmed him to the place May 7, regardless of Democrats citing his status for slashing workforces within the personal sector, in addition to accusing him of beforehand having improper contact with SSA officers about operations amid accusations that he was serving to DOGE.

“Commissioner Bisignano’s proven success in the financial services industry uniquely positions him to lead the Trump administration’s commonsense efforts to modernize the agency and improve its efficiency,” Liz Huston, a White House spokesperson, advised Nextgov/FCW.