Social Security News

           If you're a Social Security employee who thinks this is great, remember that there is little efficiency gained here. You'...

    From Effects Of Suspending In-Person Services At Social Security Administration Field Offices On Disability Applications And Allowances ...

      A Richmond, VA television station reports on a local case. SSI disability benefits were approved almost immediately for a child with ...

    Social Security has released a new video concerning the new Commissioner's goals. I wish I could it embed it here but I can't f...

 

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@OMalleySSA [a tweet from the Commissioner] SSA 800 # was slammed on June 3. Over 463,000 calls -- 140k more calls than a few days earlier. ...

      I wrote about the reach, and perhaps overreach, of Social Security's controls on fees for representation  before the agency in 20...

     From Customer Wait Times in the Social Security Administration’s Field Offices and Card Centers , a report by Social Security's Off...

     From Customer Wait Times in the Social Security Administration’s Field Offices and Card Centers , a report by Social Security's Off...

     My firm has started a new blog directed at Social Security disability claimants, rather than Social Security professionals. It's c...

     From Customer Wait Times in the Social Security Administration’s Field Offices and Card Centers , a report by Social Security's Off...

  From a Social Security fact sheet

      I don't know whether this will make the U.S. Social Security Administration feel any better about its own telephone service but it...

      From an article in the Daily Mail :

      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 ...

      The Social Security Administration has recently issued its Equity Action Plan: 2023 Update . It sounds like they're about a year b...

     Here's a note made recently by an employee at my firm about a pending disability claim that may give you some idea of the state of ...

      The New York Times has a nice piece on the terrible service problems at the Social Security Administration. There’s nothing in it tha...