Iowa Field Office To Close?

From the Storm Lake, IA Pilot Tribune:

There is a "possibility" that the Storm Lake Social Security office could be closing in the not-too-distant future.

No decisions have been announced, but several of the employees in the office will reach potential retirement status in 2008, and the Storm Lake office is currently considered one of the four smallest offices in the state. ...

According to a regional official of the Social Security Administration out of Kansas City, no formal proposal has been made to close the office at this time. The process, if the office were to close, would include notification of employees and Congressional representatives as well as the community. "We would not try to hide anything," he said.