Social Security News

      The hearing yesterday before the Labor-HHS Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee went about as I expected but there were ...

     The written witness statement of Commissioner Martin O'Malley for today's hearing before the Labor-HHS Subcommittee of the Hou...

     The House Appropriations Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Social Security Administration appropriation for 10:30 on November 1...

      I've found a video of that John Oliver piece on Social Security disability. I can't say whether this is an excerpt or the who...

      A couple of tweets from the Commissioner of Social Security (emphasis added): Martin O'Malley @OMalleySSA · I want to thank @iamj...

    The federal fiscal year ends on September 30. Without some sort of appropriation bill passed before then, there will be a federal govern...

      From Government Executive : ...  In a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., O’Malley warned of dire ...

      The federal fiscal year ends on September 30. Without Congressional action there will be a government shutdown. It's clear that in...

      Social Security has recently released its Action Plan 2024 . It's a good summary of what has been done during the time that the c...

      From Government Executive : The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced spending legislation that would increase the Soc...

      Social Security is closing its field office in Newburgh, NY . Predictably, this is drawing opposition from local political leaders. Th...

      From Government Executive : The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance appropriations legislatio...

      The Republican majority of the House Appropriations subcommittee having jurisdiction over Social Security has released its version of ...

      Government Executive has out a piece titled Martin O’Malley is on a one-year sprint to save Social Security . The title comes from Go...

      The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has an unusual funding mechanism. The law says it can draw funds “reasonably necessary...

      From Nextgov/FCW : ...The longer arc of this agency is a phenomenally dedicated, committed, compassionate culture. [SSA staff has] be...

      Mark Warshawsky, of the right wing American Enterprise Institute, has written an op ed for the Baltimore Sun trashing Social Security...

      From Federal News Network : After a months-long hiring freeze, the Social Security Administration is once again facing even further d...

      Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley testified before the Senate Aging Committee today. Here's are some excerpts from ...

      From President Biden's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025, which begins on October 1, 2024: ... The Budget provides an increase...