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Reintroduced bills aim to fix hiring process, Social Security benefits for feds

January 25, 2023 security, Social, benefits, bills, Feds, Process, hiring, Reintroduced0 comment

Lawmakers have teed up two familiar bills that differ in their priorities, but that both have implications for federal employees, as well as retirees from the public sector. The first bill, the Chance to Compete Act, aims to revamp longstanding challenges in the federal hiring process. The House passed the bill Tuesday evening in a vote of 422 to 2. The bipartisan legislation would expand the use of shared assessments among different agencies, in effect trying to expand cross-agency hiring. Also under the legislation, subject matter experts (SMEs) would be…

Social Security Administration asks for billions more dollars to do its job

December 4, 2022 security, more, Social, asks, administration, Billions, Dollar's0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The Social Security Administration said the $ 400 million that Congress gave the agency through December is not enough to fix many of its workforce problems. To make long-term improvements, SSA said it will need the White House’s $ 14.8 billion budget request. That’s a $ 1.4 billion increase over 2022. The funding would go in part toward hiring thousands of more employees and modernizing IT. The American Federation of Government Employees…

White House deletes tweet about Social Security after Twitter adds fact-check

November 2, 2022 tweet, deletes, after, security, about, House, Social, FactCheck, White, Twitter, adds0 comment

The White House on Wednesday deleted a tweet crediting President Biden for increasing the size of Social Security payments, which had actually gone up because of a cost-of-living increase tied to inflation. The Washington Times stories: White House

What Will 2022 Bring In The Way Of Misinformation On Social Media? 3 Experts Weigh In

January 1, 2022 2022, weigh, Social, media, experts, bring, misinformation0 comment

<p class=”is-style-sans-serif”><em>At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the presidential election and the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 proved up to the task, starting with the Jan. 6 insurrection and continuing with copious amounts of falsehoods and distortions about COVID-19 vaccines.</em></p> <p class=”is-style-sans-serif”><em>To get a sense of what 2022 could hold, we asked three researchers about the evolution of misinformation on social media.</em></p> <div style=”height:50px” aria-hidden=”true” class=”wp-block-spacer”></div> <div class=”wp-block-tpm-separator undefined TpmSeparator”></div> <h2>Absent regulation,…

Enthusiasm wanes as Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare bill is delayed, watered down

December 18, 2021 Welfare, wanes, $1.75, watered, down, Social, Bill, Enthusiasm, Trillion, Delayed, Biden's0 comment

Democrats are beginning to wonder if President Biden’s $ 1.75 trillion social welfare legislation is worth the effort, especially after a lone holdout has watered down the bill and delayed its passage until next year. Lawmakers say Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, has forced the White House to trim … The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden will meet Manchin next week to persuade him on $1.9 trillion social spending bill

December 12, 2021 persuade, $1.9, Next, Biden, Social, spending, Week, Bill, Meet, Trillion, Manchin0 comment

President Biden will meet with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin next week to talk him into supporting the administration’s $ 1.9 trillion social spending bill. Mr. Biden told reporters on Friday that he wasn’t sure if he could convince the moderate Democrat to vote on passing his bill, better known as … The Washington Times stories: White House