Social Security News

      From The Guardian : Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instit...

       From the Washington Post : ...  The administration’s ongoing shake-ups of the workforce, from buyout offers to firings to sweeping ...

      From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Trump Administration and DOGE have implemented new phone service restrictions tha...

     People are waiting for service in Schenectady but, in truth, they're waiting everywhere .

 42 U.S.C. §405(t)   In any case in which an individual visits a field office of the Social Security Administration and represents during th...

      A piece in the Los Angeles Times lays out the situation. Social Security can’t answer its phones. They won’t see you if you show up a...

      From the New York Times: The line started forming outside the Social Security office in suburban Glendale, Ariz., not long after sunri...

      From Government Executive : A draft plan for service delivery at the Social Security Administration includes “field office consolidati...

      There are people lining up two hours before a Social Security field office is set to open in Iowa. Also, I expect in every other state...

  Press Release Thursday, March 27, 2025 For Immediate Release Mark Hinkle, Press Officer press.office@ssa.gov Correcting the Record about S...

      Social Security field office loses 7 of its 26 employees to DOGE buyouts. You think service won’t suffer?

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      From a press release : ... United States Magistrate Judge Embry J. Kidd has found Joshua Joseph Gray (45, New Smyrna Beach) and Georg...

      The Wall Street Journal asks "Who Needs 1,000 Social Security Offices?" Of course, they think the field offices can be repl...

           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 ...

      From a recent report by Social Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) : …  [W]e  reviewed a sample of 274 cases from a populatio...

Had a blast visiting our @SocialSecurity offices in Arlington, TX, Albuquerque, NM, and Phoenix, AZ, this week! Getting great feedback from...

      Social Security's front line employees often complain that high level agency managers don't understand problems in the field, ...

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