Social Security News

      From the Washington Post: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Soc...

      From the Urban Institute : SSA’s forthcoming regulation includes three major components: Replacing outdated occupational data : SSA pl...

      Federal agencies are required to publish quarterly summaries of agency rules under development. Not all of these come to pass and it c...

      The Social Security Administration has asked for White House approval of proposed changes to its cardiovascular listings .  There’s no...

      Last year Social Security changed its regulation s to alter the definition of a public assistance household in ways that benefit Suppl...

      From a notice published in the Federal Register today: We are extending the flexibility in the “close proximity of time” standard, as...

      The final rules on "Use of Electronic Payroll Data To Improve Program Administration" are published in the Federal Register ...

      Two non-controversial regulatory packages have moved forward. The Use of Electronic Payroll Data To Improve Program Administration pa...

     From a press release issued by Social Security on March 20 of this year: Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley today announ...

     Social Security has asked for Office of Management and Budget approval to publish final rules on "Use of Electronic Payroll Data ...

      The Social Security Administration has posted final rules on Setting the Manner of Appearance of Parties and Witnesses at Hearings . T...

      The new regulations on representation of claimants and payments to the entities that represent claimants will appear in the Federal R...

      The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared Social Security's proposed final rules on the recognition of law firms repr...

      Social Security is trying to worm its way out of the federal courts applying the new rule changing past relevant work from 15 years to...

      From tomorrow's Federal Register : We published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024, a final rule to revise the time period ...

      From a notice that Social Security will publish in the Federal Register tomorrow: We are finalizing our proposed rule to expand the d...

      From a notice that Social Security will publish in the Federal Register tomorrow: We are finalizing our proposed regulation to revise...

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved final rules to add Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits (SNAP or Food Stam...

      The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved final regulations on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Pr...

      The final rules on the Nationwide Expansion of the Rental Subsidy Policy for SSI Recipients have been approved by OMB and should appe...