From Social Security's May 1 report to the Office of Management and Budget on how it has used its extra funding under President Obama's economic stimulus package (ARRA) so far:
- Agreed on a monthly reporting cycle with the House Ways and Means Subcommittee starting June 15, 2009.
- Hired 100 employees in the Office of Disability and Adjudication Review - Atlanta (34), Chicago (11), Dallas (10), Denver (3), Kansas City (3), New York (1), Philadelphia (10), San Francisco (24), Seattle (4); Continuing to hire Operations, ODAR and State DDS employees, including 35 Administrative Law Judges.
- Hired 1,510 employees in the Office of Operations - Atlanta (395), Boston (24), Chicago (186), Dallas (165), Denver (29), Kansas City (39), New York (105), Office of Central Operations (154), Philadelphia (145), San Francisco (230), Seattle (38).
- Hired 236 employees in the State Disability Determination Services - Atlanta (118), Boston (5), Chicago (13), Dallas (17), Kansas City (5), New York (2), Philadelphia (31), San Francisco (28), Seattle (17)
"Named a Special Advisor for Health Information Technology (HIT) to provide leadership and oversight for all of SSA's HIT initiatives."
ReplyDelete-- I wonder who the special advisor is and what his or her background is?
-- Also, 100 people seems like a real drop in the bucket. Are they going to get serious about hiring new staff for ODAR?
None of the components got enough staff to matter. They ought to be hiring that many every quater of every year. Grummbblle. Mummbbllee.
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