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6 Sep 2009, 8:16 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, announced that the agency has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to test the use of Microsoft’s HealthVault application in the disability process. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 7:44 pm
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced Thursday that the agency has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to test the use of Microsoft's HealthVault application in the disability process. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 3:29 pm
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, was quoted as saying that "combined with other advancements in health information technology, our use of HealthVault should result in faster decisions for disability applicants. [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 11:00 am
  SOCIAL SECURITY News Release Social Security to Fund $24 Million in Contracts for Electronic Medical Records (Printer friendly version) Michael J. [read post]
9 Aug 2009, 6:55 pm by Sheri Abrams
“We’re going to be moving backwards this year, the question is how much,” Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said in an interview. [read post]
1 Aug 2009, 10:12 am
"We're going to be moving backwards this year, the question is how much," Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said in an interview. [read post]
18 May 2009, 11:56 am
The bad news is that even as the Federal Government is making progress in reducing delays and backlogs, state governors continue to proceed with their plans to furlough State Agency employees, despite the fact that Commissioner of Social Security Michael J. [read post]
3 May 2009, 6:30 pm by Sheri Abrams
Astrue, the Commissioner of Social Security, says benefits for tens of thousands of people with disabilities are being delayed by furloughs and layoffs of state employees around the country. [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]
26 Mar 2009, 4:12 pm
Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced today that the federal government... [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… [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 2:52 am
Here is the official press release from the Social Security Administration: Michael J. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 1:03 pm
The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Michael J. [read post]