Social Security Advisory Board

On Friday, 8/25, the Board will host "The Future of Mortality, Disability, & Work" to help inform Social Security Trust Fund projections. Register: ssab.gov/research/futur…

The Board’s newest paper examines older workers’ retirement trajectories and Social Security’s Retirement Earnings Test. It analyzes microdata on a cohort of baby boomers and recommends how SSA can improve available resources on RET to educate the public. ssab.gov/announcements/…

From @GovExec: "Social Security Advisory Board urges quick action on SSA nominee, end to 6-year terms" govexec.com/management/202…

Today, the Board urged Congress to swiftly consider Governor Martin O’Malley’s nomination as Commissioner of Social Security and amend the Social Security Act to state that the Commissioner once again serves at the pleasure of the President. ssab.gov/announcements/…

Allen Heinemann, PhD, dir. #CROR @AbilityLab spoke on a @ssabgov forum on the importance of job accommodations for people with disabilities & shared CROR research on the topic. loom.ly/LoYcIe0 @NUFeinbergMed @DawnEhde @ACLgov @NARICInfo @miriamrafferty @ACRMtweets

Tomorrow, an SSAB panel will discuss the changing nature of work and why it is particularly uncertain. Understanding this is critical because people contribute to and qualify for Social Security through taxes on their earnings from covered jobs. ssab.gov/research/futur…

The share of workers who file & receive disability benefits has fallen steeply since 2010 to levels well below expected. This Friday, an SSAB panel will explore how technological & medical advances & changing workplace flexibilities may impact projections. ssab.gov/research/futur…

This Friday, SSAB will host a panel discussing expectations for future mortality trends in light of COVID-19 & possible future pandemics, rising deaths from drugs, suicide, & chronic liver disease among working-age people, & rising pediatric mortality. ssab.gov/research/futur…

This forum will bring together @SocialSecurity's Office of the Chief Actuary in conversation with other experts to consider the implications of recent research & scientific findings on future expectations for mortality, disability, & work. Agenda: ssab.gov/research/futur…

On Friday, 8/25, the Board will host "The Future of Mortality, Disability, & Work" to help inform Social Security Trust Fund projections. Register: ssab.gov/research/futur…

Happy Public Service Recognition Week from all of us at #SocialSecurity. Want to join our mission of addressing the incredible challenges our nation faces? Check out USAjobs.com. #PSRW #GovPossible

Approximately 1M people are awaiting their disability decision from one of the 52 state Disability Determination Services (DDS) agencies. The Board released a report that examines the nearly 70-year partnership between SSA and the DDSs. ssab.gov/research/socia…

At @AEI's event on disability policy today, @JSmalligan cited his recent paper for the Board about how to better incentivize work for people receiving DI and SSI #FederalDisabilityAEI. Read the paper below. ssab.gov/research/raisi…

The Board (@ssabgov) has an ongoing interest in SSA’s implementation of return-to-work policies and their effects on beneficiaries. That's why it commissioned @JSmalligan and @ChantelBoyens to examine how current program rules aimed to incentivize work could be improved. Thread:

In a paper commissioned by the Board, @JSmalligan and @ChantelBoyens examine work-related overpayments in Social Security's disability programs and highlight the disincentives in the agency's return-to-work policies. ssab.gov/research/raisi…

President Biden intends to nominate Kate Lang, Director of Federal Income Security at @justiceinaging, to serve a term on the Board until September 2026. Lang joins two other White House nominees pending Senate confirmation. Read the full announcement: ssab.gov/announcements/…

First nominated in May 2022, @biggsag is a senior fellow at @AEI. Before that, he was a principal deputy commissioner at @SocialSecurity, overseeing policy research efforts, and previously served as an associate director of the National Economic Council. ssab.gov/announcements/…

First nominated in January 2022, Sharon Lewis is a principal at @HMAConsultants and, before that, served in presidentially appointed roles for nearly six years at @HHSGov, where she was one of the chief architects of the @ACLgov: ssab.gov/announcements/…

President Biden nominated Andrew G. Biggs and Sharon Beth Lewis, both of Oregon, to serve on the Board. If confirmed, Biggs would serve until September 2024 and Lewis until September 2028. ssab.gov/announcements/…

The series followed the publication of an independent panel appointed by the Board to review SSA's IT modernization plan. The panel released its final report in December 2020. Read: ssab.gov/research/repor…

The IT systems speaker series was an ongoing effort to help educate the Board and public about Social Security’s IT modernization. All events were recorded and viewable. Watch: ssab.gov/research/ssab-…

The Board hosted seven events on IT systems-related issues in 2021-22, including digital identity, cybersecurity, customer experience, and IT acquisition. Read the report that summarizes the speaker series: ssab.gov/research/it-sp…