From Fedscoop:
Social Security Administration is facing issues tied to IT acquisition, having fallen behind on training to get contracting officers up to speed on some areas of tech procurement, a new Government Accountability Office report found.
According to the congressional watchdog, the SSA’s senior-level contracting officers have “deficiencies” when it comes to acquisition practices involving IT, and an existing agency training plan to address those shortcomings hasn’t been updated since 2019.
The lackluster workforce expertise in this area is especially problematic for the agency, given that it obligated at least $1.4 billion annually on IT acquisitions from fiscal years 2020 through 2024, according to the GAO. …
Officials in SSA’s IT office said the agency has “halted” its hiring efforts to comply with the Trump administration’s EOs and guidance, and “it plans to use reduction-in-force actions to achieve its targeted workforce number.” Because of RIF plans and cost-reduction measures, SSA officials acknowledged to GAO that such “reorganization efforts could affect the IT acquisition workforce.” …
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The knowledge/talent already exists within the agency. They were reassigned from their IT Acquisition positions and are now in training as CS.
For decades we’ve poured billions down the throats or tech companies with little to show for it, and service has continued to decline sharply year over year. But we‘ll never get a GAO report on that subject, will we?
Does this mean additional RIFs are coming? Anyone else read it that way?
Agree 1000%
The new head of OAG doesn’t know what 508 compliance is - so that’s where we are.
That is how I read it.
In OHA. They are reducing the number of managers and OCALJ is being disbanded. All of it will likely be reassignments. The new boss wants no more than four layers between the bottom and the top. OHA still has six and has not been reorged yet other than the regional office. And they are being put into “pods”.
The agency should more than hit their target of reductions in staffing by the end of the month. Good luck out there!
This is bad reporting.
Full report here:
https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-25-107437/index.html
The relevant section Charles cited from the FedScoop article presents everything in present tense, when the relevant portion from the GAO report itself tells the narrative of the last ~6 months from start to finish.
It's subtle but worth reading the whole report if you don't believe me. Also "reduction-in-force" actions include buyouts, DRP, etc.
So what's the next big org change for Operations? Which positions in FOs will be reassigned...OS, ADM, DM? What about all the people reassigned to CTE and MSS...what are they actually doing? How does an office of 50 people survive if they eliminate all mgmt but the DM?
Operations structure seems settled based on the recent changes. The RC said it is. I do think they’ll recall reassigned folks to some new/renamed components though.
@ 5:56, I assume OHA = ODAR = OHO and not all of the new ODA, since ~4 layers sounds absurd for that.
For the love of god stop with the RIF talk it ain’t happening and I am sick of the people on here crying wolf…..just read the proposed budget for the new FY
@5:56PM that seems is the lines of what we have been hearing. No more Technical Experts or Leads I'm assuming then ?! Head/Director/BC/and all the rest...
The computer equipment being used is at least 5 years old. When will that be replaced and who will be in charge of issuing and imaging it?
That is just a proposed budget, means nothing until the actual budget is approved. Keep hidding your head in the sand.
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