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Commissioned Paper: Selection Processes for Social Security Administration Representative Payees of Adults

Pamela Teaster, Erica Wood, and Laura Sands conducted an independent, board-commissioned, research study focusing on Social Security processes for the selection of representative payees for adults. This report’s 35 recommendations address many aspects of payee appointment and selection in the current Social Security program, including...

Examining Social Security’s Service to the Public: Decisions Regarding Field Office Closures

In this paper, the first in the series, the Board examines field office closures, and urges Social Security to clarify its decision-making process, increase transparency, and involve the public in...

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Links to updates provided by the Social Security Administration and other agencies about economic impact payments, SSA operations, representative payees, contacting an office, scam awareness, and other important information.

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Follow the “learn more” link for a list of resources to help you identify, avoid, and report Social Security-related scams and fraudulent activity through phone calls, email and regular mail. Links to other similar scams and other government agencies are included.

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Social Security Advisory Board Publishes Representative Payee Selection Study in Advance of September 24 Forum

Today the Social Security Advisory Board (“Board”) is publishing an independent, Board-commissioned study, “Selection Processes for SSA Representative Payees of Adults” by Pamela Teaster and Laura Sands, Virginia Tech Center on Gerontology, and Erica Wood, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging (retired). The authors will present the report during the Board’s upcoming virtual policy forum, Representative Payees: Opportunities to Improve Service Delivery, on Thursday, September 24, 2020.

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In Memory of Stanford G. Ross

Stanford G. Ross, chair of the Social Security Advisory Board from 1997-2002, had a long and distinguished career as an attorney and government official. He was Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1978-80), a Public Trustee of Social Security and Medicare (1991-95), and was a Founding Member and a former Director and President of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He passed away on August 26th, 2020.

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Social Security Advisory Board to Host a Forum on Representative Payees: Opportunities to Improve Service Delivery

Please join the Social Security Advisory Board (Board) on Thursday, September 24, for a virtual policy forum showcasing an independent, Board-commissioned study by researchers from the Virginia Tech Center on Gerontology and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. Following the presentation of the report, the Board will moderate three discussion panels.

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What is SSAB?

The Social Security Advisory Board is a bipartisan, independent federal government agency established in 1994 to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters of policy and administration of  the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income  programs. The Board has seven members, appointed by the President, Senate and House of Representatives.

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Information Technology Systems Expert Panel

The Social Security Advisory Board has appointed an independent, expert panel to review Social Security’s efforts to modernize its information technology (IT), which is essential to delivering effective service to the public. The Information Technology Systems Expert Panel (“Panel”) will utilize their expertise and experience to examine progress and key initiatives of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) IT Modernization Plan, including how systems processes are developed, modified and used by SSA.