New data from the Office of Personnel Management reveal more about how the resulting short-staffing of critical functions is degrading service for the largely older, bereaved, and severely disabled ...
The Social Security Administration is surging staff to its customer service phone operations in the latest effort to address a massive influx of calls that has overwhelmed its struggling 1-800 number.
When Dolores Taylor needed to update her bank information with the Social Security Administration (SSA) earlier this year, the 84-year-old Alaska resident called her local Social Security office and ...
A nonprofit legal group is calling on the Social Security Administration to release records on recent internal changes and “customer service breakdowns,” alleging it has caused widespread service ...
Last week, a federal judge blocked the agency from giving DOGE representatives access to agency data containing individuals’ personally identifiable information, and Social Security’s acting ...
Social Security customer service crisis puts spotlight on the new Social Security commissioner. Social Security has struggled with customer service for years. Declining staffing and funding has seen ...
Social Security has struggled with customer service for years. Declining staffing and funding have seen the Social Security Administration leaving Wyomingites in the lurch, dealing with long wait ...
More than 70 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits will experience a significant administrative change this weekend as the Social Security Administration (SSA) rolls out a nationwide ...
The Social Security Administration has stopped publishing key customer-service metrics, which will make it more difficult to track whether performance is improving or eroding over time. As a result, ...