The AP is reporting that Social Security is about to adopt a plan that would mean that people who are clearly disabled could receive benefits in as little as 20 days. According to the AP the plan that could cut as much as nine months off the time it takes to work through the entire disability process at SSA. Obviously, this is from an SSA press release, although SSA has not yet posted the press release on its website. Apparently, the desire is to promote the good intentions of the plan, before the actual plan, which is likely to draw criticism, is released on Friday.
Mar 27, 2006
Commissioner's Proposal Regulations Coming March 31
As agencies bring items to the Office of Federal Register (OFR) for publication, OFR adds them to a list posted on the internet. As soon as these items are posted they are available for review at the Office of Federal Register, but the texts are not posted online until the item actually appears in the Federal Register. Most items delivered to the OFR are published the next business day. Some are held for publication on a later date specified by the agency. The following item was posted today:
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
RULES
Social security benefits and supplemental income:
Federal, old age, survivors, and disability insurance; and aged, blind, and disabled--
Initial disability claims adjudication; administrative review process, 06-3011
[ID RIN 0960-AG31; Filed 3/27/06 at 12:39pm]Publication Date: 3/31/06
WV Man Pleads Guilty to SSI Fraud
The Chareston Daily Mail reports that a local man pleaded guilty to fraud for applying for SSI and stating that he had no income when he was earning more than $1,000 per month from work.
Mar 26, 2006
Mar 25, 2006
Problem With SSA? Call Your TV Station!
WTOL in Toledo, OH reports that it helped a local woman who had received no payment from Social Security even though almost six months had elapsed after her Social Security disability claim had been approved. While such extraordinary delays have always happened at Social Security, SSA's staffing shortages have made them more common. Others with Social Security problems may want to try contacting their local television station.
Mar 24, 2006
Disability Service Improvement Job Open
The Social Security Administration is advertising a job opening for an "Executive Director for Disability Service improvement." The job is in Washington, rather than Baltimore or Boston, where this experiment is to begin. The job will pay from $109,808 to $165,200 per year. The following is the job description:
The incumbent of this position serves as the primary advisor to the Commissioner and lead Agency executive on he rollout and post-implementation phases of the Agency's new approach to the decision-making process when an applicant files an application for disability benefits under Title II or Supplemental Security Income disability benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. In addition, this executive will be responsible for developing future refinements to the disability claims process. This new approach is the first major program enhancement to the Agency's disability programs in more than 20 years and capitalizes on the efficiencies and benefits gained by the Agency's successful implementation of an electronic disability case processing system.
Another Hearing on SSNs
Congressman Jim McCrery, the Chairman of the House Social Security Subcommittee, has scheduled another hearing on the issuance and misuse of Social Security numbers and Social Security cards. This is the fifth hearing he has scheduled on this issue in recent months.
Mar 23, 2006
Illinois Women Charged
The Quad City Times reports that two Illinois women have been charged with fraud against the SSI program. Freida Kay Curry has been charged for receiving SSI under two different Social Security numbers and Sarah E. Mortimer for claiming that her husband was not living with her, when he was.
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