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29 Apr 2009, 7:55 pm
Vice President Joe Biden and Michael Astrue (the Social Security Commish) have announced that checks will be mailed in May. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 1:44 pm by DMS
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced at a congressional hearing on March 24, 2009, that plans are in the works to open ten new hearing offices in an effort to reduce the disability backlog. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 5:33 am by James F. Aspell
The New haven office sits at 372 days and Springfield, Ma is at 335.To give that some perspective, the New York screening unit has a 135 day processing time (the best) and Chicago, Il comes in dead last with a 783 day wait time.The Forum is also reporting that Congress held a 2 hour hearing on March 24th with Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue to address these long wait times. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 10:24 am by Cyndi Crocker
In an official press release on March 31, United States Vice President Joe Biden, along with Social Security Commissioner Michael J. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 2:10 pm
Postal Service (which employed one of the plaintiffs), Social Security Administrator Michael J. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 7:43 am
In light of this, Michael Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, wrote to the National Governors Association, and implored the states to exempt their Disability Determination Services (DDS) from hiring restrictions and furloughs. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 12:54 pm by John Tucker
Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com The Social Security Administration is facing an influx of new disability claims due to the struggling economy, a factor impeding its ability to reduce a backlog of 765,000 hearing requests, the agency's commissioner said on Friday.In an interview with Government Executive, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said the tough economy has increased the disability claims caseload by about 10 percent -- or 250,000 cases… [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 2:52 am
Here is the official press release from the Social Security Administration: Michael J. [read post]