These safeguards will significantly impact individuals who seek services and who do not have access to their “My Social Security” account, which requires online identity proofing. The agency ...

Newly-sworn in Social Security commissioner Frank Bisignano spelled out the agency's plans to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, and protect the agency from a looming threat of insolvency that some ...

In the past month, the Trump administration has announced a flurry of changes at the agency that administers Social Security. Among these changes are plans to cut thousands of jobs, close offices ...

The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to one of ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it is reinstating a plan to recover 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries, a policy the agency abandoned last year after an outcry over cases in which ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Amid anti-fraud efforts, the U.S. Social Security Administration announced a new policy intended to speed up payments to recipients looking to have their benefits delivered ...

The Social Security Administration is retreating from a recent policy change on the agency recovering overpayments that sparked concerns it could cause financial hardship for tens of thousands of ...

Soon after, Mr. Dudek issued a statement acknowledging the guidance and said that he wouldn’t shut down the agency. “President Trump supports keeping Social Security offices open and getting ...

A spokesperson for Social Security told NPR in a statement that the agency "has implemented its workforce optimization plan that focuses on reducing employees in non-mission-critical positions and ...