Social Security News

      From the Washington Post: They were civil rights lawyers, Social Security employees and labor experts. And now they’re all in complete...

“Big Balls”       From Wired : … “ Edward [“Big Balls”] Coristine  joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special governme...

       There have been reports that Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, who had been employed by DOGE, had left employment with the fede...

       Frank Bisignano's hearing before two subcommittees of the House Ways and Means Committee is Wednesday at 2:00 . Here are some que...

      From a Washington Post article titled Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people: … At the Social Sec...

      From Federal News Network : …  SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano told managers in a largely unscripted 90-minute address Wednesday that...

      From the Washington Post : Edwin Jackson’s government work was finding jobs for military veterans and then making sure those vets succ...

      Ms. magazine has a nice piece out titled “ Profiles in Courage: Michelle King Refused to Hand Over Your Data to DOGE. Then She Lost H...

      From NPR : … Laura Haltzel was the former associate commissioner for the SSA's Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics in th...

       From Government Executive: Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek this month instructed staff to prepare to convert wide sw...

      I have seen multiple reports that some Social Security employees have received a new “fork in the road” email offering incentives for ...

      Take a listen to this 31 minute podcast interview with Laura Haltzel , a former Associate Conmissioner at Social Security who left th...

     From MSN : The Social Security Administration’s plans to reduce its head count have resulted in more than 2,000 workers so far.  Of t...

From: ^Human Resources Internal Communications < Human.Resources.Internal.Communications@ssa.gov > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 5...

      From CBS News:

      E. Tammy Kim at The New Yorker has a great piece going inside the work life of  a current Social Security claims rep. The reporter wa...

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      Here's your early afternoon roundup of Social Security news: Federal officials have taken down that list of federal properties for...

      A press release : Social Security Announces Options to its Workforce The following message was sent to agency employees today: The Soc...

    From The American Prospect : The Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) requested in a meeting on Tuesday that...