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Lawmakers seek details behind SSA plan to slash office visits

SSA announced a plan to shed 7,000 workers in February, and staffing in field offices is down by nearly 2,000 employees ...

Is the Social Security Administration really paying ghosts? SSA under fire for $186 million in payments to deceased individuals

Senator Joni Ernst is urging the Social Security Administration to improve its processes for preventing payments to deceased ...

Social Security Administration ripped for sending checks to dead people: ‘Paying actual ghosts’

The Social Security Administration is under scrutiny over past payments made to dead people that persisted for years before ...

As California prisons face ‘wave’ of sex assault lawsuits, new audit highlights slow discipline

Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state ...
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SIGAR Issues Final Report on Two Decades of U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released its final report, closing out nearly 17 ...

‘Signalgate’ Inspector General Report Wants Just One Change to Avoid a Repeat Debacle

The United States Inspector General report reviewing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s text messaging mess recommends a ...

‘Signalgate’ report contradicts Hegseth’s claim of ‘total exoneration’

The defense secretary’s actions “created a risk to operational security,” according to an independent assessment by the ...

Unclassified report on Hegseth’s use of Signal details risk to troops, lack of cooperation with investigation

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an ...