Social Security Administration
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The Social Security Administration said Friday it would delay the end of its telework program by two additional weeks to give operations employees more time to adjust to the policy changes.
November 01, 2019 -
Unions facing pushback nearly everywhere they turn. And one battles an internal demon.
November 01, 2019 -
The Social Security Administration’s surprise order to end its six-year-old teleworking program, which covers 12,000 employees nationwide, may be just the start of a governmentwide downsizing of the very popular perk. Popular at least with…
November 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, members of the House Homeland Security Committee are asking leaders at the Transportation Security Administration what it can do to pay the agency's officers more.
October 30, 2019 -
The Social Security Administration is ending its telework program for some 12,000 operations employees after six years. The agency's decision coincides with the start of its new collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees.
October 29, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Commerce Department’s inspector general is running an audit of the bureau’s cybersecurity measures.
October 21, 2019 -
A new collective bargaining agreement between the Social Security Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees gives the union a smaller bank of official time hours than it had before, but more than representatives would see under the president's workforce executive orders.
October 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 50,000 federal employees will get a chance to sound off about their benefits this fall in the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Employee Benefits survey.
October 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration reveals more specifics about its proposed 2.6% raise for civilian employees.
September 09, 2019 -
An American Federation of Government Employees local is suing the Trump administration, the Social Security Administration and the Federal Service Impasses Panel for violating an injunction on the president's workforce executive orders.
September 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is promising more open communication from the Pentagon.
August 29, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will host free online training on the agency's new online filing system for federal sector complaints and appeals.
August 20, 2019 -
The American Federation of Government Employees has sued the Federal Service Impasses Panel over its decision to rewrite major portions of the unions' contract with the Social Security Administration. If AFGE is successful, the case could have significant implications for other federal employee unions engaged in agency negotiations.
August 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 123 C-130 planes are being temporarily removed from service after atypical cracks were discovered.
August 09, 2019 -
The Social Security Administration is implementing a hiring freeze at headquarters and regional office components to focus more resources on public-facing customer services, Commissioner Andrew Saul told employees.
August 08, 2019