Social Security Administration

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Crowdstrike outage: SSA shutters offices, other agency impacts

Here’s what we know about how a global IT outage, sparked by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, is impacting federal agencies.

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A policy tweak by the Social Security Administration should make it easier to give money to recipients it underpaid

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The federal workforce is growing, as House appropriators consider agency spending cuts

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This career federal-management policy guy takes over one of the biggest management challenges in government

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2023 Best Places to Work marks a turning point in employee engagement

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Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public PolicyVolcker Alliance Senior Fellow Dustin Brown conducts the first of four discussions with colleges and universities as part of the organization's

Long-time OMB official lands COO post at SSA

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CX Exchange '24 SSA Commissioner Martin O'Malley

CX Exchange 2024: SSA’s Martin O’Malley on creating better experiences for the masses

The Social Security commissioner says reducing phone wait times is among his top three priorities to improve how SSA serves citizens.

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O’Malley outlines plans to rebuild Social Security Administration workforce

After a hiring freeze, Commissioner Martin O’Malley is readying plans to rebuild the Social Security Administration workforce as quickly as possible.

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Social Security IG looks to stop fraud revved up by AI

The Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General (SSA OIG) is searching for ways that it can use AI to stop fraud.

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