Social Security News

      A recent message from a colleague: Does anybody answer the phone at the **** OHO anymore?   We could not reach a person this afternoon...

      An e-mail I received from Social Security: As part of our ongoing commitment to improving how we serve the American public, we recentl...

      A notice addressed to Social Security advocates: Expanded Support for Customers Seeking Survivor Benefits Date:  Tuesday, July 28, 20...

      From the Associated Press: After complaints about  staffing cuts and long waits  to get help at the  Social Security Administration , ...

      From a Washington Post article  on Inspectors General: … At the Social Security Administration, acting inspector general Michelle Ande...

      From Government Executive:   The Social Security Administration is shifting more employees to its phone line, a move that employees sa...

      Back in July, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked that Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) perform an audit of Social ...

     From Parade.com:  ’80s star Eric Roberts knows how to make the best out of a boring situation. The actor, who is best known for rol...

      From the Washington Post : Brace yourself before you call the Social Security Administration, as several million people do each month....

From the Washington Pos t:  Hours-long wait times. Endless looping music. Useless robot messages.   Millions of seniors and disabled people ...

       From National Public Radio (which is still a thing): Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to o...

      From  The Hill : Sen.  Elizabeth Warren  (D-Mass.) is asking Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano to prov...

      Democratic Senators Wyden and Warren have written the Commissioner of Social Security asking for answers about the sudden reassignmen...

    From Government Executive : In recent days, the Social Security Administration and its newly confirmed commissioner Frank Bisignano have...

      From a press release :  Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced significant progress in its ongoing efforts to improve cu...

      From the Philadelphia Inquirer: For a “real lesson in torture,” try calling your local Social Security Administration office with a qu...

       A Las Vegas television station did its own checking on call wait times at Social Security and concludes that the 18.5 minute call wa...

From USA Today: …  Over the last several weeks, the agency has stopped making public 34 real-time performance metrics about things like how ...

       From the Washington Post : The U.S. DOGE Service arrived at the Social Security Administration this year determined to slash staff an...

      Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has a good deal of criticism for the agency's $160 million contract with ...