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Social Security workers aren't allowed to read news sites at work anymore
An internal email sent to Social Security employees on Thursday morning prohibited them from accessing online news sites, hindering the agency's work.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
Social Security bans news access on government equipment
Employees at the Social Security Administration can no longer access news websites on government equipment, they were told in an agencywide email on Thursday morning.
Social Security Administration will have 'significant' cuts. What does this mean for you?
The Social Security Administraton's planning to ax 7,000 jobs. What this means for its workers and Social Security beneficiaries.
Social Security Administration says it’s identified $800M+ in savings
The Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a release that it has identified more than $800 million in savings or “cost avoidance” for fiscal 2025 among information technology, grants,
Social Security Employees Banned From Reading News at Work
The Social Security Administration announced a Severance-style censorship policy Thursday that prohibits employees from reading the news on their work devices. The SSA—with a workforce of about 57,000 employees—sent a morning email to all staff to prescribe “additional restrictions to the categories of websites prohibited from government-furnished equipment.

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Former SSA head Martin O'Malley says payment system will collapse
The Trump Administration's proposed changes to the Social Security Administration will cause the payment system to collapse, ...
Former SSA head on what proposed changes could mean
The Trump Administration's proposed changes to the Social Security Administration will cause the payment system to collapse, ...
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Acting Social Security Chief Says Agency Moves Will ‘Prioritize Customer Service’
The SSA announced plans in late February to eliminate about 7,000 jobs — 12.3 percent of the current staff — as part of a ...
Protect Your Social Security Benefits As DOGE Cuts 7,000 SSA Jobs, Closes Offices
The SSA last week announced it would cut 7,000 of its 60,000 jobs plus close field offices and reduce regional offices as ...
New law ignites a wave of new Social Security benefit claims. And checks.
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), ...
Trump’s Administration Orders Staffers To Stop Reading the News at Work
Donald Trump’s Social Security Administration just directed employees not to read “general news” content on their work ...
Is Social Security money going to ‘millions’ of people listed as old as 149?
Trump drew laughs during his congressional address Tuesday when he alleged that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had millions of beneficiaries listed at 140 years of age and older. But is ...
Social Security is sending retroactive payments. Here's what to know.
The agency said it has so far sent retroactive benefits to more than 1 million people due to the Social Security Fairness Act ...