Between the largest force reduction in its history and major workforce realignments, the Social Security Agency has been struggling to deliver basic services. New technology is supposed to fill the service gaps, but most of the experts needed to develop and deploy those tools have left the agency. Kathleen Romig, director of Social Security and Disability Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, joined the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton with more details on the impacts of these staffing reductions.
How the DOGE-driven reductions at the Social Security Administration are playing out now
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U.S. poverty spiked in 2022, reversing gains, Census Bureau data shows
U.S. poverty spiked over the last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level.
U.S. poverty spiked in 2022, reversing gains, Census Bureau data shows
Biden Picks Budget Director Who Pushed Social Security Cuts, Who Deleted Tweets Blasting Republicans
Biden Picks Budget Director Who Pushed Social Security Cuts
Likely OMB nominee Neera Tanden called for cuts to Social Security, saying “we need to put both entitlements on the table as well as taxes.”
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Biden OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Deletes Tweets Blasting Republicans
Tanden deleted tweets between November 16 and today due to harsh criticism of Republican senators, which she will need for confirmation.
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