Paper Statements Will Go To Few People

<br />     From Social Security's own blog:<br /><br /><br />We made some difficult decisions because of these latest budget <br />limits. During the past year, we began a hiring freeze that will reduce <br />our staff to the lowest level since FY 2013. We use a lot less overtime <br />now, which affects our ability to reduce critical backlogs. Over a <br />million people are waiting for a hearing to see if they are eligible for<br />

Paper Statements Will Go To Few People

     From Social Security's own blog: We made some difficult decisions because of these latest budget limits. During the past year, we b...

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Additional Money For Hearing Backlog

<br />     From the continuing resolution funding the federal government until April:<br /><br /><br />The fifth provision under the heading ‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’ in division H of Public Law 114–113<br /> shall be applied during the period covered by this Act by substituting <br />‘shall be used for activities to address the hearing backlog within the <br />Office of Disability

Additional Money For Hearing Backlog

     From the continuing resolution funding the federal government until April: The fifth provision under the heading ‘Social Security Admin...

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Status Of FY 2017 Appropriations

<br /><br /><br /><br />     Social Security and all other agencies are operating on continuing funding resolutions. This is likely to be the case until March. With news that the incoming Trump administration probably won't even submit a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget much less a FY 2017 budget, the pending House and Senate appropriations bills become even more important than usual. Below is a summary of what the two

Status Of FY 2017 Appropriations

     Social Security and all other agencies are operating on continuing funding resolutions. This is likely to be the case until March. With...

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Many To Leave Social Security Because Of Change Of Administration?

<br /><br />    There are reports on the ALJ Discussion Forum that Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin told agency employees in an in-house television broadcast that she and many other unnamed officials will be leaving their jobs at Social Security at the time of the inauguration. There is nothing surprising about Colvin leaving. That was widely expected.  However, it is surprising that many

Many To Leave Social Security Because Of Change Of Administration?

    There are reports on the ALJ Discussion Forum that Acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin told agency employees in an in-hou...

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