Andrew Saul

Michael Astrue, Social Security Administration, SSA

From a former commissioner, advice for the next team at Social Security

Social Security is an agency in some crisis as labor relations are strained with ongoing uncertainty over their contracts.

Management

First pulse survey results are out and SSA didn’t do too well

Unions

SSA reaches deal to resume some in-person disability claims hearings starting in May

Workforce

JOLIET, ILLINOIS / UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 1, 2015: One may apply for social security disability, retirement, and survivor benefits at the Social Security Administration Building in Joliet.

House Democrats lay out plans for Social Security after COVID

Federal Newscast

The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Andrew Saul to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden fires Saul as SSA commissioner

People

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The hand of a young woman working at remote work

Biden administration sets mid-July deadline to finalize agency reentry plans

Workforce

Labor relations at the Social Security Administration are going from bad to worse

Unions

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Medicare’s financial problems have gotten worse, and Social Security’s can’t be ignored forever. The government’s annual assessment is a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. The report from program trustees says Medicare will become insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast. The report says Social Security will become insolvent in 2034, no change from the projection last year.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senators growing frustrated with SSA’s closed offices, pandemic workarounds

Management

FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

SSA ‘aggressively worked’ to give IRS data to process 30M stimulus payments

Management

President of the Association of Administrative Law Judges

AALJ not confident in SSA leadership

Unions

CIA unveils new website to step up recruitment efforts

Federal Newscast

FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Your checks during coronavirus: A guide for federal employees and retirees

Most Social Security benefits and retirement checks will come as planned. And federal retirees who receive Social Security benefits won’t need to file…

Pay & Benefits

Majority of SSA employees have or will soon begin full-time telework

Social Security Administrator Andrew Saul told employees Saturday he would further expand telework across the agency amid growing concerns over the coronavirus…

Workforce

New SSA telework policies prompt criticism from employees, lawmakers

Workforce

New telework schedules and policies went into effect for employees at the Social Security Administration this week. But the agency shows no signs of easing those policies amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus.