An office of the social security administration in Washington, DC, March 26. The Ministry of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) would aim to reform and reduce the agency.
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Several Democratic senators require responses from the Social Security Administration following reports That the agency can make staff discounts to an important department within the agency.
Social Security Administration should consider additional labor reductions, including a potential reduction of 50% in the Office of the Director of Investments. The department, otherwise known as Ocio, is responsible for the protection of sensitive data, maintenance of services processing systems and management of the agency and online portal website.
The potential cuts occur while the SSA has already had “current problems” with its website, meaning. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kirsten Gillibrand, Dn.y., and Ron Wyden, D-ear., Wrote in a letter of April 13 to the acting commissioner of the social security administration Leland Dudek.
“We fear that these cuts will lead to other websites of websites and to benefit, preventing tens of millions of Americans from accessing their hard -won social security and their additional security income services,” the senators wrote.
Neither the White House nor the Social Security Administration responded to the request for CNBC comments concerning the Ocio Cups reported.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MASS., Promenses with senator Ron Wyden, D-ear., After a press conference with Senate Democrats on Social Security at the American Capitol on April 1 in Washington, DC
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The Social Security Administration website has crashed several times and has undergone breakdowns, the senators wrote. The legislators previously wrote a letter to the agency requesting a March 31 number which prompted certain beneficiaries to receive messages that they “do not receive payments” and see the history of account disappear.
In addition, agency offices also experience problems that have an impact on their ability to serve the public, according to the senators.
The Ocio cuts would be “intentional – dangerous”, wrote the legislators. OICIO staff know the agency's programming language and can maintain their systems on the move, the senators said.
President Donald Trump On March 27, signed a decree ending collective negotiations for many federal workers. Because OICIO employees are represented by a union, this would affect them. The decree facilitates the replacement of existing employees by complacent staff of the so-called Ministry of Government Effectiveness, according to senators.
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Social Security Administration was already a 50 -year -old hollow when the Trump administration took office, the legislators notes. Since then, the agency has announced its intention to reduce its strength by more than 12%.
“We ask you to immediately cease all the layoffs of the OICIO and to act quickly to restore the SSA system and the functionality of the website in order to avoid any other disturbance of the access of social security beneficiaries to the information and benefits of their account,” the senators wrote.
The letter follows a letter of April 10 Sent by 21 senatorsDirected by Sens. Gillibrand and Wyden, demanding that the Trump administration stop attacks on the agency, following endowment cutting plans, field office closings and reduced telephone services.
The Democratic senators also launched a “war room” to work to fight against the changes that occur at the Social Security Administration. As part of this initiative, the leaders plan to propose legislation which would provide a Emergency $ 200 per month According to the advantages of the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Last week was reported that the Social Security Administration would no longer use press releases of “dear colleague” to advocacy groups and third parties to communicate with the public, and rather to move its communications exclusively to Elon MuskThe social media platform of social, the report also suggested that the Social Security Administration plans to reduce its regional workforce by around 87%.
White House spokesperson Elizabeth Huston, said by e-mail that this report was “misleading”.
“The social security administration is actively communicating with beneficiaries and stakeholders. There has been no reduction in the workforce,” said Huston.
The staff of the regional offices are reassured using the first line, said Huston, to “improve the service of services” and allocate “finished resources where they are most necessary”.
“President Trump will continue to always protect social security,” said Huston.
