Social Security Administration
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The Social Security Administration wants to activate 80-year-old legal authority for hearing disability cases.
February 25, 2020 -
Contract negotiations and a proposed rule change for disability appeal processing have widened the wedge between the SSA and its administrative law judges.
February 10, 2020 -
There are some things, persons, places, food, sports teams etc., that people either love or hate. Take teleworking.
January 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three senators want the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the process non-citizen service members go through to become naturalized.
January 28, 2020 -
Social Security Administration leadership met with employees Monday to announce a series of changes to existing telework policies, but the new arrangements vary widely across the agency and depend on an employee's component -- and whether or not an employee is part of a specific bargaining unit.
January 27, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, fraudsters expanded their tactics to kick off 2020 and the Social Security Administration continues to be a top target.
January 10, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management makes some clarifications about President Trump's declared day off on Christmas Eve.
December 19, 2019 -
Federal employees were given the day of Christmas Eve off this year—and they absolutely deserve it.
December 19, 2019 -
The 2020 spending bills urge the Social Security Administration to reinstate its telework program for operations employees, but they're silent on collective bargaining protections and funding for the Bureau of Land Management's upcoming relocation.
December 18, 2019 -
Officials considering federal telework program changes first might want to check the press clippings about the Social Security Administration’s decision, or read results of a survey of Education Department workers.
December 03, 2019 -
Bob Tobias, of the Key Executive Leadership program at American University, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in the studio to share his thoughts.
November 27, 2019 -
If there is an electrified third-rail within the nation’s largest employer, Uncle Sam Inc., it is teleworking.
November 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, acquisition authorities have made a proposed rule final, to keep phony parts out of systems the government buys.
November 25, 2019 -
With the president's three workforce executive orders now officially in play, federal employee unions say their implementation has varied widely across government, and Congress has taken notice.
November 22, 2019 -
The federal government’s half-million telecommuters are watching, many in horror, what is happening at the Social Security Administration where 11,000 teleworkers have been ordered back to the office.
November 21, 2019