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Press Release
Friday, April 3, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Statement from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul about COVID-19
Economic Impact Payments for Beneficiaries
Print Version
I want to provide an update to people who receive benefits from the Social
Security Administration.
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced on April 1 that Social
Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns
will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an economic
impact payment. The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 to
generate $1,200 economic impact payments to Social Security beneficiaries
who did not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019.
Treasury, not Social Security, will make automatic payments to Social
Security beneficiaries. Beneficiaries will receive these payments by direct
deposit or by paper check, just as they would normally receive their Social
Security benefits.
For updates from the IRS, visit www.irs.gov/coronavirus
<https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus> .
Note for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients:
We are working closely with Treasury to address outstanding questions about
our SSI recipients in an attempt to make the issuance of economic impact
payments as quick and efficient as possible. We realize people are
concerned, and the IRS will provide additional information at
www.irs.gov/coronavirus <https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus> when available.
Please note that we will not consider economic impact payments as income for
SSI recipients, and the payments are excluded from resources for 12 months.
We will continue to update Social Securitys COVID-19 web page at
www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/ <https://www.ssa.gov/coronavirus/> as
further details become available.
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Press Release
Monday, March 30, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security Benefits Will be Paid On Time and Other Updates Related to
the COVID-19 Pandemic
Print Version
Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, reminds the public that Social
Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit payments will
continue to be paid on time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also
reminds everyone to be aware of scammers who try to take advantage of the
pandemic to trick people into providing personal information or payment via
retail gift cards, wire transfers, internet currency, or by mailing cash, to
maintain Social Security benefit payments or receive economic impact
payments from the Department of the Treasury.
Social Security will pay monthly benefits on time and these payments will
not be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Commissioner Saul said. I want
our beneficiaries to be aware that scammers may try to trick you into
thinking the pandemic is stopping or somehow changing your Social Security
payments, but that is not true. Dont be fooled.
The Department of the Treasury will soon provide information about economic
impact payments under the recently enacted law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. Treasury, not Social Security, will
be making direct payments to eligible people. Please do not call Social
Security about these payments as the agency does not have information to
share.
The agency continues to direct the public to its online self-service options
whenever possible. Local offices are closed to the public but are available
by phone. People can find their local field office phone number by accessing
the Field Office Locator <https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp> .
To allow available agents to provide better phone coverage, the agency is
temporarily changing the National 800 Number hours starting on Tuesday,
March 31, 2020. The hours will change from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time
to 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time. The agency is experiencing longer than
normal wait times on the 800 Number and asks the public to remain patient,
use its online services at www.socialsecurity.gov
<https://www.socialsecurity.gov/> , or call their local office.
Please visit the agencys COVID-19 web page at
www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/
<https://www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/> for important information and
updates.
To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter
@SSAPress <http://twitter.com/SSAPress> .
Press Release
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Update on Services During COVID 19 Pandemic From Andrew Saul, Commissioner
of Social Security
Print Version
I want you to hear directly from me how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting
our services. The first thing you should know is that we continue to pay
benefits. Be aware that scammers may try to trick you into thinking the
pandemic is stopping your Social Security payments but that is not true.
Dont be fooled.
To protect you and help stop the spread of this coronavirus, we cannot
accept visitors in our offices at this time. There are several other ways
you can get help. Many services are available online at
www.socialsecurity.gov <https://www.socialsecurity.gov/> . If you have a
critical need that you cannot address online, we can help you over the
phone.
Please visit our COVID-19 web page at www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/
<https://www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus/> to find out what services we
are continuing and which ones we are suspending, how to contact us, and
important information about deadlines we are extending to ease the burden on
you and medical providers during this pandemic.
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Press Release
Monday, March 16, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Effective March 17, 2020, Social Security Offices Will Only Offer Phone
Service
** Online Services Remain Available **
Print Version
All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person
service starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This decision protects the
population we serveolder Americans and people with underlying medical
conditionsand our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
However, we are still able to provide critical services.
Our secure and convenient online services remain available at
www.socialsecurity.gov <https://www.socialsecurity.gov/> . Local offices
will also continue to provide critical services over the phone. We are
working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
<https://www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus/coronavir
us-2020.html> , state and local governments, and other experts to monitor
COVID-19 and will let you know as soon as we can resume in-person service.
If you need help from Social Security:
* First, please use our secure and convenient online services
available at www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineservices
<https://www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineservices> . You can apply for
retirement, disability, and Medicare benefits online, check the status of an
application or appeal, request a replacement Social Security card (in most
areas), print a benefit verification letter, and much more from anywhere
and from any of your devices. We also have a wealth of information to answer
most of your Social Security questions online, without having to speak with
a Social Security representative in person or by phone. Please visit our
online Frequently Asked Questions at www.socialsecurity.gov/ask
<https://www.socialsecurity.gov/ask> .
* If you cannot conduct your Social Security business online, please
check our online field office locator <https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp>
for specific information about how to directly contact your local office.
Your local office still will be able to provide critical services to help
you apply for benefits, answer your questions, and provide other services
over the phone.
* If you already have an in-office appointment scheduled, we will call
you to handle your appointment over the phone instead. If you have a hearing
scheduled, we will call you to discuss alternatives for continuing with your
hearing, including offering a telephonic hearing. Our call may come from a
PRIVATE number and not from a U.S. Government phone. Please remember that
our employees will not threaten you or ask for any form of payment.
* If you cannot complete your Social Security business online, please
call our National 800 Number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). Our
National 800 Number has many automated service options you can use without
waiting to speak with a telephone representative. A list of automated
telephone services is available online at
www.socialsecurity.gov/agency/contact/phone.html
<http://www.socialsecurity.gov/agency/contact/phone.html> .
To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter
@SSAPress <http://twitter.com/SSAPress> .
Press Release
Thursday, March 05, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security and OIG Announce National Slam the Scam Day
Print Version
Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, and the agency continue
raising public awareness about telephone impersonation schemes during the
Office of the Inspector Generals (OIG) national Slam the Scam Day on
March 5. Social Security and OIG have made concerted efforts to educate the
public about these scams in which fraudulent callers mislead victims into
making cash or gift card payments to avoid arrest for purported Social
Security number problems. As Commissioner Saul testified to Congress, the
agency has taken swift actions, including helping OIG create a dedicated
online reporting tool at oig.ssa.gov <https://oig.ssa.gov/> , providing
people who call the agency with updated information on the scams and how to
report them, increasing employee and public outreach and education, and
establishing a Social Security/OIG workgroup to maximize resources and
ensure a cohesive response.
It is appalling that scammers are playing on emotions like fear to get
people to act without thinking, Commissioner Saul said. Everyone should
just hang up, and never give out their personal information. People should
go online to oig.ssa.gov <https://oig.ssa.gov/> to report these Social
Security scams.
Scammers are sophisticated and there are many variations to this fraud. For
example, a caller may say he is from Social Security and that the persons
Social Security number is suspended or has been used in a crime. The caller
identification may be spoofed to appear to originate from a government
number. Fraudsters may text or email fake documents in attempts to get
people to comply with their demands. These scams have become the #1 type of
fraud reported to the Federal Trade Commission and Social Security.
Social Security will never tell you that your Social Security number has
been suspended, contact you to demand an immediate payment, ask for your
credit or debit card numbers over the phone, ask for gift cards or cash, or
promise a Social Security benefit approval, or increase, in exchange for
information or money.
Social Security employees do occasionally contact people--generally those
who have ongoing business with the agency--by telephone for business
purposes. Typically, the agency calls people who have recently applied for a
Social Security benefit, someone who is already receiving payments and
requires an update to their record, or a person who has requested a phone
call from the agency. If there is a problem with a persons Social Security
number or record, in most cases Social Security will mail a letter.
For more information, please view Social Securitys PSA addressing the
telephone impersonation scheme online at www.youtube.com/socialsecurity
<http://www.youtube.com/socialsecurity> and below:
To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter
@SSAPress <http://twitter.com/SSAPress> .
Press Release
Monday, February 24, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security Modernizing its Disability Program
Decades Old Rule Updated to Reflect Todays Workforce
Print Version
Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul announced a new final rule today,
modernizing an agency disability rule that was introduced in 1978 and has
remained unchanged. The new regulation, Removing the Inability to
Communicate in English as an Education Category, updates a disability rule
that was more than 40 years old and did not reflect work in the modern
economy. This final rule has been in the works for a number of years and
updates an antiquated policy that makes the inability to communicate in
English a factor in awarding disability benefits.
It is important that we have an up-to-date disability program,
Commissioner Saul said. The workforce and work opportunities have changed
and outdated regulations need to be revised to reflect todays world.
A successful disability system must evolve and support the right decision as
early in the process as possible. Social Securitys disability rules must
continue to reflect current medicine and the evolution of work.
Social Security is required to consider education to determine if someones
medical condition prevents work, but research shows the inability to
communicate in English is no longer a good measure of educational attainment
or the ability to engage in work. This rule is another important step in the
agencys efforts to modernize its disability programs.
In 2015, Social Securitys Inspector General recommended that the agency
evaluate the appropriateness of this policy. Social Security owes it to the
American public to ensure that its disability programs continue to reflect
the realities of the modern workplace. This rule also supports the
Administrations longstanding focus of recognizing that individuals with
disabilities can remain in the workforce.
The rule will be effective on April 27, 2020.
To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter
@SSAPress <http://twitter.com/SSAPress> .
Press Release
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office@xxxxxxx <mailto:press.office@xxxxxxx>
News Release SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security Launches New Campaign to Fight Scammers
Print Version
The Social Security Administration launched a new Public Service
Announcement (PSA) campaign to continue warning people about the ongoing
nationwide telephone impersonation scheme. The PSAs feature a message from
Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul. Social Security and its Office of
the Inspector General (OIG) continue to receive reports about fraudulent
phone calls from people falsely claiming to be Social Security employees.
The scammers mislead victims into making cash or gift card payments for help
with purported identity theft, or to avoid arrest for bogus Social Security
number problems.
I want every American to know that if a suspicious caller states there is a
problem with their Social Security number or account, they should hang up
and never give the caller money or personal information. People should then
go online to oig.ssa.gov <https://oig.ssa.gov/> to report the scam call to
Social Security, said Commissioner Saul.
People should also be on the lookout for a new version of this scam.
Fraudsters are now emailing fake documents in attempts to get people to
comply with their demands. Victims have received emails with attached
letters and reports that appear to be from Social Security or the OIG. The
letters may use official letterhead and government jargon to convince
victims they are legitimate; they may also contain misspellings and grammar
mistakes.
The new PSA addressing the telephone impersonation scheme is available
online at www.youtube.com/socialsecurity
<http://www.youtube.com/socialsecurity> and below:
Social Security employees do occasionally contact people--generally those
who have ongoing business with the agency--by telephone for business
purposes. However, Social Security employees will never threaten a person,
or promise a Social Security benefit approval, or increase, in exchange for
information or money. In those cases, the call is fraudulent and people
should just hang up.
Generally, the agency mainly calls people who have recently applied for a
Social Security benefit, someone who is already receiving payments and
requires an update to their record, or a person who has requested a phone
call from the agency. If a person is not in one of these situations, they
normally would not receive a call from the agency.
Social Security will not:
* Tell you that your Social Security number has been suspended.
* Contact you to demand an immediate payment.
* Ask you for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
* Require a specific means of debt repayment, like a prepaid debit
card, a retail gift card, or cash.
* Demand that you pay a Social Security debt without the ability to
appeal the amount you owe.
* Promise a Social Security benefit approval, or increase, in exchange
for information or money.
If there is a problem with a persons Social Security number or record, in
most cases Social Security will mail a letter. If a person needs to submit
payments to Social Security, the agency will send a letter with instructions
and payment options. People should never provide information or payment over
the phone or Internet unless they are certain of who is receiving it.
To get more Social Security news, follow the Press Office on Twitter
@SSAPress <http://twitter.com/SSAPress> .
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* Survivors <https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/survivors/>
* SSI <https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/ssi/>
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Related Websites
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* MyMoney.gov <https://www.mymoney.gov/>
* Regulations.gov <https://www.regulations.gov/>
* USA.gov <https://www.usa.gov/>
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