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Opposition To CDR Speedup Spreads

     From Newsweek : More than 140 lawmakers in the House and Senate have signed open letters hitting out at a "harmful and unjustified" Trump administration proposal that could see thousands of Americans lose their disability benefits. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were among those who put their names to the letters calling on the administration to scrap its proposed rule change, which would increase the frequency of disability reviews faced by some benefits recipients if it comes into effect. The Senate letter was signed by a total of 41 senators. Newsweek understands that more than 100 signatures have been collected on the House letter so far, with more to come. ...
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Senators Object To Ending Telework

     From Government Executive : A group of 44 Democratic senators on Monday urged Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul to reverse his decision to cancel telework for nearly 12,000 employees. ... In a letter Monday , 44 Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., urged Saul to �reconsider� the decision to end the telework program. �We understand that SSA�s new contract with the American Federation of Government Employees has just come into effect, and that this contract conferred some degree of discretion to SSA management to set new rules for teleworking,� the lawmakers wrote. �We do not believe, however, that this justifies management�s unilateral decision to rescind telework entirely for the 12,000 affected employees . . . We are concerned that SSA is not providing sufficient time for workers to alter their arrangements to account for this policy change.� The senators wrote that while improving customer service for Social Security ...
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