Withholding occurs when the SSA retains part of a monthly benefit payment until the overpayment debt is fully repaid.

Social Security payments for the month of August follow a normal schedule. But those who were previously overpaid by the Social Security Administration may get smaller benefit checks. That's because ...

In regulatory filings made earlier this month, SSA had estimated that the planned requirements would result in over three million field office visits.

However, the SSA confirmed to Newsweek that beneficiaries and my Social Security account holders will not be required to visit a field office if they do not choose to use the new authentication PIN ...

AARP warned that steering people more toward its online identity proofing feature, SAP, will “exacerbate the agency’s ...

A potential new Social Security Administration policy would force 3.4 million more people to visit field offices to update ...

The agency did not have defined procedures to review nearly $2 billion in IT investments in fiscal 2024, a fact the GAO ...

There is a surge of backlash against SSA’s escalating reliance on online identity proofing tools for routine transactions.

The SSA will introduce a multi-factor authorization policy with a new Security Authentication Pin in mid-August.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is changing how you apply for new benefits and update your direct deposit information. After some pushback, the timeline for implementing the changes has ...