Social Security News

      A message from Social Security to attorneys and others who represent claimants (the crap at the end is some weird formatting from the...

      An announcement from Social Security: New Developments in Disability Adjudication: Supporting Timely and Fair Decisions Date:  Wednes...

       From Social Security . As always, click on the image to view full size.

      Social Security is publishing the full list of cost of living adjustments in the Federal Register on Monday. You can read the list to...

      From the Washington Post : Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation, the U.S. DOGE Service, set off a panic in March among elderly and disab...

      Above is a part of the new form SSA-1696 used to appoint a person as a Social Security claimant's attorney. Notice that it asks f...

    An e-mail I received from Social Security: The Office of Hearings Operations (OHO) is pleased to announce the release of the Represent...

      Social Security makes periodic general voluntary releases of materials for which Freedom Of Information Act requests have been made. T...

      Social Security has issued a newly amended section of its HALLEX Manual on Rules and Standards Governing The Conduct Of Representative...

      I recently received the message reproduced below. I'm sure that other attorneys who represent claimants have received the same mes...

      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...