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Social Security Administration (SSA) officials testified on identity fraud and what the agency is doing to combat it, during a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing. Margaret Hayward, on…

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a virtual hearing to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses talked about Social Security r…

Stephen Goss, the chief actuary at the Social Security Administration, testified on the solvency of the program before the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee. He talked about …

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing to examine the dangers of identity theft or losing one’s Social Security number. Notable witnesses included Social…

The Social Security Administration’s acting chief of staff as well as several career disability claims professionals testified at a hearing on issues of Social Security disability benefits e…

Witnesses testified at a joint hearing on preventing identity theft by reducing the federal government’s use of Social Security numbers.

Stephen Goss testified at a hearing on the status and solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund. Topics included potential solutions for staving off the funds' depletion.

Stephen Goss testified before a House subcommittee on the fiscal state of Social Security and the findings in the most recent Social Security trustees report. He told committee members the S…

Social Security trustees testified on their board’s 2012 annual report. They said Congress needed to pass legislation shoring up trust fund finances sometime in the next five years. The repo…

Witnesses talked about the Social Security Disability Insurance program and drivers of the cost of the program.

Witnesses testified about the productivity of Social Security judges and their ability to close out cases in a timely manner. In 2010, one-fourth of these judges did not meet the minimum ann…

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on proposed changes to Social Security future benefits and the impact those changes would have on the program, future …

The Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on privacy issues related to protecting individual Social Security numbers. Witnesses also testified abo…

Witnesses testified to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee about the potential impact of increased life expectancy on the Social Security system. They discussed possible solutions includin…

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing on the use and misuse of social security numbers. Witnesses from the General Accounting Office and the Social Security Ad…

Witnesses testified about efforts to strengthen the privacy safeguards for Americans' Social Security numbers.

Witnesses testified about mailings that target senior citizens soliciting personal information in order to gain access to their Social Security benefits. Among the topics addressed were vari…

Witnesses testified about the advantages and disadvantages of restricting the use of Social Security numbers. Among the issues addressed were the ease of legally obtaining private informatio…