New Social Security commissioner faces pointed questions about staffing, privacy

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency’s newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability to pay Americans their benefits and protect their privacy. Frank Bisignano, who was sworn in last month as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, told lawmakers he intends to improve accuracy in payments and raise morale at the agency, which has already lost 7,000 workers since billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of…

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg grilled in U.S. Congress on digital currency, privacy, elections – Reuters

Facebook’s Zuckerberg grilled in U.S. Congress on digital currency, privacy, elections  Reuters Mark Zuckerberg grilled by US Congress over Libra  DW (English) U.S. Congress grills Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Libra, privacy, elections, and more  VentureBeat UPDATE 2-Facebook’s Zuckerberg grilled in U.S. Congress on digital currency, privacy, elections  Yahoo Finance Mark Zuckerberg’s Libra hearing was a grilling about why people don’t trust Facebook  Vox.com View full coverage on Google News “us congress” – Google News

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US Congress Focused On Federal Privacy Legislation In Wake Of California Consumer Privacy Act – Data Protection – United States – Mondaq News Alerts

US Congress Focused On Federal Privacy Legislation In Wake Of California Consumer Privacy Act – Data Protection – United States  Mondaq News Alerts As companies are working to re-evaluate their privacy programs following the enactment of California’s groundbreaking privacy law, eyes are now on the U.S. … “us congress” – Google News

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US Congress shouldn’t preempt California privacy law: state official – Reuters

Reuters US Congress shouldn't preempt California privacy law: state officialReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress should not pass a relatively weak online privacy bill to protect consumer data and use it to take precedence over a new California law.and more » us congress – Google News

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