Tag: Social Security Administration

June 27, 2023

In March 2020, the Social Security Administration division that handles disability claims went on an emergency telework system — like much of the rest of the federal government during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Disability Determination […]

November 28, 2022

The Social Security Administration said the $400 million that Congress gave the agency through December is not enough to fix many of its workforce problems. To make long-term improvements, SSA said it will need the White House’s $14.8 billion budget […]

November 28, 2022

The Social Security Administration last week warned the public that unless Congress approves a $1.4 billion increase in funding for the agency in fiscal 2023, the agency’s customer service will continue to deteriorate. Over the last decade, Social Security has […]

October 27, 2022

A group of union officials and Social Security Administration employees gathered outside SSA’s headquarters in Baltimore, to voice frustrations with a shrinking agency workforce, and some of the major fallouts from it. The American Federation of Government Employees organized the […]

January 28, 2022

For a group that says it’s committed to the federal workforce, the Biden administration sure is saddled with some lousy labor relations situations. You can’t really blame the administration, though. A couple of long-festering labor-management issues lie only partially within […]

August 3, 2021

The two top leaders at the Social Security Administration were fired weeks ago, but union leaders say it will take more action from the agency to repair strained labor-management relations. On July 9, President Joe Biden ousted Commissioner Andrew Saul […]

May 18, 2021

A top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee is calling on federal employees to return to their offices, after the pandemic forced much of the workforce to telework for the last 15 months. “I write today to urge […]

March 4, 2021

You’ve probably received a phone call claiming your Social Security number has been compromised. For people who fall for such scams, the experience can add up to big financial losses. One elderly woman in Massachusetts lost more than $900,000 to […]

July 17, 2017

Does telework help or hurt productivity among federal workers? The short answer is, “it depends,” if an audit report by the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General of the agency’s telework program is any indication. At the behest of […]

May 15, 2017

Users of the Social Security Administration’s online services will use cell phones or an email message to get a one-time code to access their My Social Security accounts under a new agency plan to strengthen access security. The one-time code […]

November 7, 2016

A Social Security Administration request for information on the availability of cybersecurity and risk management services to protect SSA programs and systems. SSA is looking for services that will help it comply with the security requirements in the Office of […]

August 16, 2016

The Social Security Administration is relaxing a recent security directive requiring beneficiaries to use two-factor authentication to log into personal accounts after complaints that the new restrictions hindered user access. The agency had established a policy of requiring My Social […]

April 29, 2016

If you have ever received a notice in the mail from the Social Security Administration, odds are your Social Security number was on it. Of the 352 million notices the agency mailed last year, about 233 million included the recipients’ […]