House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Lacking a Leader: Challenges Facing the SSA After Over 5 Years of Acting Commissioners” on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 AM. The hearing will focus on the need for a Senate-confirmed Commissioner to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA), the challenges and limitations the SSA faces when it is led by an Acting Commissioner, and the legal framework for filling a vacancy. ...
The Social Security Administration has been without a Senate-confirmed Commissioner for more than five years since Commissioner Michael Astrue’s term expired on January 19, 2013. The current Acting Commissioner, Nancy Berryhill, has served in that role since January 20, 2017. The current six-year term for a Senate-confirmed Commissioner expires on January 19, 2019.
Mar 1, 2018
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So the folks heading Ways & Means, who know that their failure in leadership to adequately fund agency operations is what has caused the unpopular backlog and many of SSA's ills, is trying to shift the blame onto the fact that there is an Acting Commissioner instead of a confirmed one? Good to see those old men are still spry enough to do the Washington two-step.
ssa could use more professional managers. Some Ph.d.s in management at each component would be highly desirable. If the new COSS had that attitude it would help.
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