About a month ago, Congress finally passed an appropriations bill covering the Social Security Administration. In normal times the passage of a new appropriations bill means a lot of overtime at Social Security which is used to help catch up on backlogs. However, this appropriations bill was deeply disappointing. It did not give the beleaguered agency nearly enough additional operating funds to cover the rate of inflation since the last appropriations bill.
My question for Social Security employees is: "Have you seen additional overtime since the appropriations bill was passed?"