Since October, according to a copy of his resume, Soli has worked as chief technology officer for the health IT division of a government contractor called Leidos, which has already received millions in SSA contracts and could get up to $1.5 billion in contracts with the SSA based on a five-year agreement signed in 2023. Solly’s personal website and LinkedIn were taken offline this week.
Responding to a request for comment, Soli, through his legal counsel, denied any involvement in any wrongdoing. A spokesperson for Leidos also said that the company found no evidence supporting the whistleblower’s claims against Soli.
Soli was one of 12 DOGE team members at SSA, where, according to the resume on his personal website, he supported other DOGE engineers on initiatives including “Digital SSN, Death Master File Cleanup” and “SSN Verification API (EDEN 2.0).” The “Death Master File” is an SSA database that contains millions of Social Security records of deceased people and is maintained so that their identities cannot be used for fraud. An API, or application programming interface, allows different programs to talk to each other, including pulling data and information from each other. In this case, it may allow Social Security data to be accessed by agencies and institutions outside the SSA.
The allegations were revealed in a complaint filed with SSA’s internal watchdog, first reported by The Washington Post earlier this week, which did not name Soli or Leidos. According to the Post, the complaint was filed with the SSA’s Office of Inspector General earlier this year and alleges that the former DOGE employee told colleagues that he took copies of the SSA’s numerical identification system, or Numident, as well as the “Death Master File.” NUMIDENT is a master SSA database that contains all the information included in a Social Security number application, including full name, date of birth, race and more personally identifiable information.
According to the Post, in the complaint, a whistleblower alleged that the former DOGE employee asked for help in transferring a set of data from a thumb drive to a personal computer so that he could “clean” it before uploading it for use at a private sector company. The former DOGE employee reportedly said he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were illegal, the complaint states.
Solly “did not share, access, or view any personally identifiable information (PII) maintained by SSA, including SSA’s Death Master File (DMF) and Numerical Identification System (Numdent). The allegations made by a purported anonymous source are patently false and slanderous. “Mr. Solly will take all appropriate steps to clear his good name and stellar reputation,” says Seth Waxman, who represents Solly. “He is confident that any impartial review of the facts and circumstances surrounding these trumped-up allegations will completely exonerate him.”
Leidos is a prime contractor of SSA. Between 2010 and 2018, the company landed millions of dollars in SSA IT contracts. In 2018, Leidos was awarded a contract potentially worth up to $639 million for IT support services and disability claims processing. In 2023, the company announced it had been awarded an IT contract with the agency worth an estimated $1.5 billion. Like many government contractors, Leidos also saw some of its contracts cut as part of the DOGE attack on the US government in early 2025.
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