Social Security Administration

2022 Best Places to Work results are a ‘warning signal’ for agency leaders

The 1.1-point decrease on the employee engagement and satisfaction index indicates many agencies are still struggling with challenges like return-to-office…

Agency Oversight

Unions ‘sound the alarm’ over worsening staff attrition at SSA

Workforce

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Labor leaders urge Biden administration to investigate systemic racial inequity at large federal contractor

Unions

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

House lawmakers pressure OPM’s Ahuja on telework, FEHB, hiring reform and more

Workforce

(AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

This Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo shows a Social Security card in Tigard, Ore. Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

TMF targets cybersecurity, zero trust and classified cloud with latest awards

IT Modernization

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

The telework question has settled into stasis

Tom Temin Commentary

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SSA’s data pipelines under construction to feed digital transformation

Ask the CIO

Social Security commits to a new website design it hope will improve customer experience

Technology

The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Omnibus silently endorses 4.6% pay raise for federal employees in 2023

Congress

Why a continuing resolution is ‘not enough’ to resolve staff issues at SSA

Budget

Social Security Administration asks for billions more dollars to do its job

Federal Newscast

SSA union’s emergency funding only goes so far when competing with private sector flexibility

Joe Paiva, chairman of the Cybernomic Warfare Institute and a strategic advisor to several software companies, including HireVue, Inc., and Chelsea Kilpack,…

Commentary

AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

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Unions

SSA union seeks $16.5B in emergency funding to rebuild depleted workforce

Unions

Social Security Administration employees are back in the office, but understaffing and a restrictive telework policy are making them less productive, according to one of its unions, and may lead to an exodus of more employees.