Social Security News

      I’ve already heard some colleagues say that the new Social Security Ruling  giving the agency’s response to the Supreme Court opinio...

     This month's issue of the newsletter (not available online) of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representat...

     Some questions about the shutdown, for anyone who can answer them: What was it like in the office when employees came in Tuesday to b...

As I come across them, I have been trying to upload to Scribd documents concerning Social Security policy over the years. Below are some doc...

From a Request for Proposals issued by the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS): The study should particularly address t...

     In its current form, does the Appeals Council have any legitimate function? The Appeals Council usually takes at least a year and often...

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Social Security has issued a new Emergency Message (EM) on the new Ruling which seeks to prevent a claimant from filing a new claim while ...

I am hearing that Social Security has decided not to apply Social Security Ruling 11-1p , which prohibits the agency from taking a new claim...

Here is an e-mail I received today from an employee at my law firm: Appeal was fax’d to AC [Appeals Council] on  5/17/11, I followed up on ...

I have heard from several attorneys who have tried to access e-file at the Appeals Council. No one seems to be able to access e-files there.

The National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) has sent out a notice to its members that Social Security ha...

From Emergency Message EM-10090 : This message provides case processing information to Field Offices and Processing Centers on cases select...

A belated Happy 70th Birthday to Social Security's Appeals Council, which was established in January 1940 !

An e-mail I received from a legal assistant at my firm: No surprise, but just received this from Barbara Hunt, Chief, Congressional and Publ...