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SSA adds ‘episodic’ telework flexibility for agency employees

Employees at SSA now have a little more telework flexibility after the agency signed a new memorandum of understanding with one of its unions.

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Social Security HQ employees ordered to increase in-person work starting April 7

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An ‘agency in crisis’: Union makes pitch for $20B supplemental funding for SSA

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As SSA IT modernization hits its stride, leadership launches a reorg of the CIO’s office

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‘Telework is not one-size-fits-all’: Agencies defend hybrid work for feds in front of House lawmakers

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SSA says understaffing led to overpaying 2M beneficiaries since FY 2022

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Count the IG among the challenges facing Social Security

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is on the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk List. It is there primarily because of its long-term fiscal…

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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.

SSA’s new customer experience shop eyeing more real-time public feedback

After launching in May, the Office of Transformation at the Social Security Administration is taking a data-driven, proactive approach to try to improve…

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Biden chooses former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration

President Joe Biden has nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration. If confirmed, O’Malley would run one of the biggest social programs in the nation and grapple with the surrounding uncertainty over its funding. Roughly 70 million people — including retirees, disabled people and children — receive Social Security benefits. O’Malley served as Maryland’s governor from 2007 to 2015 and was Baltimore mayor for two terms. O’Malley was a Democratic…

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