Social Security Administration
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Frank Baitman will resign as CIO from the agency in August. His decision comes a few weeks after agency commissioner reorganized the agency\'s IT functions. OPM\'s Bill Zielinski also is returning to SSA to be the San Francisco regional commissioner.
July 18, 2011 -
Will you still receive a social security check if the government doesn\'t raise the debt ceiling? You won\'t be getting an answer from the Social Security Administration.
July 15, 2011 -
Philip Wolgrin is an immigration policy analyst at The Center for American Progress.
July 13, 2011 -
A number of functions will move out of the Social Security Administration\'s (SSA) Office of the Chief Information Officer, according to an email obtained by Federal News Radio. SSA is looking for ways to address funding reductions in its 2011 budget.
June 27, 2011 -
The Social Security Administration\'s process for citizens to file claims can create just as much wasteful spending as intentional fraud.
June 15, 2011 -
Find out what changes The Social Security Administration needs to make to one of its programs. Daniel Bertoni is the director of education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues at GAO.
June 09, 2011 -
Get a better picture of how other agencies are handling hiring reform. Dr. Reginald Wells is the Chief human capital officer at the Social Security Administration.
June 09, 2011 -
For every two vacancies in the Air Force civilian ranks, only one person will be hired.
May 23, 2011 -
A review of the Social Security Administrations\' budget may hold some solutions for your agency. Michael Astrue is the Commissioner of Social Security
May 18, 2011 -
The chairman of the subcommittee on federal financial management said legislation may be needed to ensure agency accounting procedures are focusing on stopping improper payments. He said progress across the government is good, but more tools are necessary. OMB is testing the Do Not Pay List and plans to launch the full portal in 2012.
April 20, 2011 -
Given the nonperformance of Congress, federal workers better learn to live with furlough threats. So whether we dodge the bullet or not this time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a checklist you should clip and save...for the next time.
April 11, 2011 -
President Obama expects to have an answer Friday morning about whether a shutdown can be averted. Meanwhile agencies have new guidance from OMB on how to prepare to close down their offices. Federal workers vent frustrations and ask questions during a town hall meeting sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran.
April 08, 2011 -
The agency plans to follow the model credit card companies use to identify potential problems on the front end instead of trying to chase down the money after the fact. CMS accounts for about 46 percent of all improper payments across the government. Overall, OMB wants to reduce the governmentwide error rate to 4.18 percent by 2013.
March 24, 2011 -
This week\'s show focuses on the continuing possibility of a government shutdown. Guests include Steve Watkins and Sean Reilly from the Federal Times and AFGE\'s Witold Skwierczynski. March 2, 2011
March 02, 2011 -
AFGE plans to protest on Wednesday the possible spending cuts to the Social Security Administration in more than 20 states. SSA Commission Astrue tried to alleviate spending concerns with an e-mail to employees. Meanwhile, SSA and AFGE are negotiating a new contract.
February 28, 2011