OIG Report On Repeated Overpayments

<br />   From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): <br /><br /><br />We found 70 (61 percent) of the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability <br />Insurance (OASDI)<br /> beneficiaries and 59 (53 percent) of the <br />Supplemental Security Income (SSI)<br /> recipients<br /> in our sample [of claimants who already had a history of three or more earnings related overpayments] were <br />repeatedly overpaid because of<br />

OIG Report On Repeated Overpayments

   From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): We found 70 (61 percent) of the Old-Age, Survivors and D...

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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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OIG Report On Hearing Backlog Initiatives

<br /><br />     Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report on the agency's numerous and varied attempts to reduce its hearing backlog, none of which is working very well.<br /><br />

OIG Report On Hearing Backlog Initiatives

     Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report on the agency's numerous and varied attempts to re...

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OIG Report On PASS Plans

<br />     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): <br /><br /><br />PASS [Plan for Achieving Self-Support] is an employment support program designed to help disabled individuals return to work. <br />Congress established the PASS program as part of the original Supplemental Security Income <br />(SSI) legislation in 1972, and the program went into effect in 1974. Congress intended <br />

OIG Report On PASS Plans

     From a recent report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG): PASS [Plan for Achieving Self-Support] is an employmen...

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