The union that represents most Social Security employees, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), has issued its October newsletter. The newsletter has a brief and very odd article concerning a peculiar ring that it says that the manager of the Santa Rosa, California field office wears. Of wider interest, the newsletter includes the results of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information on bonus awards to Social Security brass. Social Security took 15 months to respond to the FOIA request so it is already out of date. Here are the numbers:
Atlanta Region:Paul Barnes, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $22,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $22,000 March 14, 2008
Algeleon P. Rhodes, Asst/Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $8,125 March 14, 2008
Mary Ann Sloan, Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $10,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $14,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $14,750 March 14, 2008
SES Rank Award $32,680 December 30, 2008
Quittie C. Wilson, Asst Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Boston Region:
Susan Harding, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $9,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $11,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $12,500 March 14, 2008
Manuel Nunez, Asst Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $9,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $10,000 March 14, 2008
Manuel Vaz, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $10,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $20,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $23,375 March 14, 2008
SES Rank Award $59,897 September 30, 2008
Chicago Region:
Kim L. Bright, Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $8,000 January 23, 2005
Performance Award $10,000 January 22, 2006
Danny L. Byrns, TSC Manager
Individual Suggestion $4,050 December 20, 2004
Donna L. Calvert, Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $10,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $7,700 March 14, 2008
Trudy A. Lewis, Asst Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $7,700 March 14, 2008
Mary D. Mahler, Asst Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $7,850 March 14, 2008
James F. Martin, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $9,000 January 23, 2005
Performance Award $12,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $12,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $12,000 March 14, 2008
Marcia R. Mosley, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $1,500 May 29, 2005
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $9,250 March 14, 2008
Dallas Region:
Earl Melebeck, Assistant/Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $10,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $10,000 December 24, 2006
Ramona Schuenemeyer, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $24,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $21,750 March 14, 2008
SES Rank Award $32,975 September 30, 2008
Tina M. Waddell, Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $12,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $16,500 March 14, 2008
Denver Region:
Nancy A. Berryhill, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $12,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $14,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $17,500 March 14, 2008
Yvette Keesee, Deputy Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $3,500 April 14, 2008
Katherine E. Kintz, Deputy Assistant Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $2,000 March 30, 2008
Martha J. Lambie, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,125 March 14, 2008
Kansas City Region:
Michael Grochowski, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $24,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $10,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $13,500 March 14, 2008
William K. Powell, Assistant/Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $8,500 March 14, 2008
Frank V. Smith III, Regional Chief Counsel
Performance Award $10,000 January 22, 2006
New York Region:
(No dates were given)
Beatrice Disman, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $25,000
Performance Award $26,150
Paul M. Doersam, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $15,000
Performance Award $16,500
Performance Award $15,000
Anne Jacobosky, Assistant Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000
Performance Award $8,000
Philadelphia Region:
Steven G. DeMarco, Assistant Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $12,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $12,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $14,250 March 14, 2008
Lewis H. Kaiser, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $12,000 December 24, 2006
Paula M. Newcomer, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,125 March 14, 2008
San Francisco Region:
Stephen J. Breen, Assistant Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 January 22, 2006
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $8,500 March 14, 2008
Patricia E. Robidart, Deputy Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $8,000 December 24, 2006
Performance Award $8,200 March 14, 2008
Peter D. Spencer, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $20,000 January 23, 2005
Performance Award $22,000 January 22, 2006
SES Rank Award $56,708 September 27, 2006
Performance Award $26,150 March 14, 2008
Seattle Region:
(No dates were given)
Carl L. Ruban, Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $10,000
Performance Award $10,000
Dennis S. Wulkan, Assistant Regional Commissioner
Performance Award $10,000
Performance Award $8,000
9 comments:
Honestly, federal employees get bonuses? I never knew that! Kind of makes me want to go along with Rand Paul's point of view after seeing this listing.
I am a democrat but rand paul has a very good point about cutting federal salaries,in my opinion. Is it logical for people with $100,000+ yearly salaries to receive more money for doing their job?
ODAR political appointees routinely got performances bonuses during the Bush administration even as the backlog grew. As I recall, Jaycee Thurman never missed a bonus until he was promoted downward
These folks are all members of the Senior Executive Service (SES).
This info is pretty old. I'd be curious as to how much they got in FY '09 and '10.
Believe me. This is not typical of the rank and file SSA worker or the Federal government in general. As a non SESer, if you get a $300 or $600 award--you are doing well. By the time the taxes are taken out, you may get a nice family dinner. But the numbers listed here--especially the SES Rank Awards that are $50,000 plus--I have never seen anything like that. Not that I am making excuses but in the private sector you have CEOs and such making money in the millions--and that is even for companies that are failing.
Our office sent some SR trainees to the Santa Rosa office several years ago and this manager was very direct in showing the ring with the graphic sex act to these young female employees. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder like the retired Area Director said, but how can it possibly be appropriate for a manager to be flashing sex act images in front of staff? And now he has gotten an award... maybe I should be in the union.
Well, A#7, I have seen this ring and know this manager. When I saw the ring, I immediately doubted my sanity and asked several of my lady manager friends was it what it looked like it was? They said, Who you gonna believe? Him, or your lyin' eyes?
This was perhaps 10 or so years ago. Now, I know this guy's boss and his boss's boss. They are not crazy or stupid. So, it is incomprehensible that this ring is still reporting to work every day with its wearer. BTSOM. Nancy O.
Management constantly pushes staff to make numbers, so management can get these bonuses. This corrupts the process and is an invitation to unethical/illegal conduct -- such as the manager who input a number of fake claims to get credit for quick denials (presumably, these were input as income/resource denials, a zero day processing time. It's time to abolish such large awards; if the rank-and-file get a few hundred, so should managers (who are already highly paid).
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