Social Security News

       This comment was posted in response to my post about a representative payee problem in one case: SSA has not even been reviewing the ...

       From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : On a chilly night in April 2023, Charlotte Walker got a text message. Her sister, 68-year-old ...

      From Government Executive: A proposal to ban payments to people without Social Security numbers is circulating at the Social Security ...

     From a recent report by Social Security’s Office of Inspector General: SSA did not ensure employees made complete and accurate capabil...

      From WUNC , an NPR station To Teresa Casados, who runs the department in charge of child welfare in New Mexico, it seemed like an odd...

     The Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) has released a study it commissioned on representative payees at Social Security. Rep payees...

     When a person is receiving Social Security benefits through a representative payee their economic stimulus payment is being sent to t...

     From a new Social Security Covid-19 website : What workloads is SSA not doing during the COVID-19 pandemic? Created: March 18, 2...

     From today's Federal Register : We [Social Security] are finalizing our proposed regulations specifying the information Social ...

     From a press release : A Kitsap County [WA] man who ran a business serving as a financial guardian for elderly or disabled clients...

     From a notice from the Social Security Administration that will appear in tomorrow's Federal Register: The S trengthening Pr...

     From the Ripon Advance : U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) welcomed federal recommendations and urged their adoption to strengthen the U.S...

     From KPTV : A Madras [OR] woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security payments from d...

     Social Security has adopted final rules that prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from serving as representative payees. Thi...

     From a television station  in Alabama: A Tuscaloosa Easterseals worker is facing federal prison time for wire fraud. Court records...

     From a request for comments posted by Social Security in today's Federal Register: We are requesting information on the appro...

     The Social Security Administration has published proposed regulation s to implement legislation passed in August that prohibits perso...

     From a press release : Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma announced its decision to ...

     From a press release issued last Friday: Today, President Trump signed into law the Strengthening Protections for Social Security ...

     The Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, H.R. 4547 , having to do with representative payees has ...