Social Security Commissioner Details Efforts to Modernize Systems, Reduce Fraud and Abuse

‘Getting payments right is the most important thing,’ Social Security Administration Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano said.

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to mark the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File

According to Social Security Administration Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, the agency under President Donald Trump is taking major steps to modernize its systems and root out waste and fraud.

“I would say I’m bringing an operational focus to it that I ... honed in all my years of being at the top of the largest financial institutions of the world,” Bisignano told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” host Jan Jekeliek.