( January 21, 2026, 10:02 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — The Social Security Administration (SSA) filed a notice in a federal court in Maryland stating that in December 2025 it made two Hatch Act referrals to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and notified the U.S. Department of Justice of instances of use of SSA data “by the then-SSA DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] Team” that were “potentially outside of SSA policy and/or noncompliant” with a temporary restraining order (TRO) entered in March 2025....