The Social Security Administration has its work cut out for it in the next decade.
According to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the SSA faces a number of management challenges, including the loss of many key players to retirement and a hiring freeze that is keeping the agency from filling key positions.
The report also found that the SSA faces ongoing challenges incorporating a more modern concept of disability into its programs while balancing competing needs to reduce backlogs of initial and appealed claims and ensure program integrity.
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