The budget deal that you heard about yesterday isn't exactly what you might think it is. The process is supposed to work like this. First a budget is passed. The budget merely sets top line numbers for the total amount to be spent and for each separate appropriations bill. It's the actual appropriations bills that give agencies money to spend. Budget summaries often say how much individual
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Despite Budget Deal We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Posted on 06:45 by Unknown
The budget deal that you heard about yesterday isn't exactly what you might think it is. The process is supposed to work like this. First a budget is passed. The budget merely sets top line numbers for the total amount to be spent and for each separate appropriations bill. It's the actual appropriations bills that give agencies money to spend. Budget summaries often say how much individual
The Death Master File Again
Posted on 06:43 by Unknown
Even though budget bill announced yesterday is supposed to deal just with
top line numbers, budget bills often contain extraneous items. The agreement
announced yesterday contains an extraneous item affecting Social Security. From the press release on the budget deal:
Restriction on access to the Death Master File
This
provision creates a program under which the Secretary of
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Central Offices Closed By Snow
Posted on 06:47 by Unknown
All federal offices in the Washington, DC area, including the Social Security Administration's Central Offices, are closed today due to snow.
Monday, 9 December 2013
Central Offices Opening Two Hours Late Today
Posted on 05:44 by Unknown
Because of weather conditions, Social Security's central offices are opening two hours late today.
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Slowdown In Processing Claimants Onto Benefits
Posted on 03:00 by Unknown
Social Security has issued updated numbers on payments of fees
to attorneys and some others for representing Social Security
claimants. These fees are withheld and paid by Social Security but come
out of the back benefits of the claimants involved. The attorneys and
others who have their fees withheld pay a user fee for this privilege. Since these fees are usually
paid at the same time
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Bad Social Security Reporting
Posted on 07:05 by Unknown
Trudy Lieberman writes for the Columbia Journalism Review on the bad reporting on Social Security issues.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Third Way Is A Fraud
Posted on 06:20 by Unknown
Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times has a fine article on Senator Warren's response to a misleading Third Way op ed in the Wall Street Journal.
The right wing lies about Social Security are out of hand and it mostly starts with bogus front groups like "Third Way" which poses as a centrist organization but which is nothing of the sort. Its board is thoroughly dominated by Wall
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