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Three House leaders with oversight of the Social Security Administration called on President Biden and acting commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi to investigate Inspector General Gail Ennis’s administration of an anti-fraud program that levied massive fines on poor and elderly disabled people accused of wrongly receiving disability benefits.
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The remarkable penalties led to tumult inside the office of Inspector General Gail Ennis, where a whistleblower was targeted for retaliation, an administrative judge ruled.
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Senate lawmakers Wednesday reached bipartisan agreement on legislation to expand health care and disability benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service.
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The agency announced recently that tens of millions of tax returns and correspondence were caught in a backlog created by staff departures, pandemic upheavals and obsolete technology.
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Veterans Affairs says it will proceed with the rollout of the system, which is due to expand next week to a second hospital.
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Changes in the nation’s veterans hospitals are being driven by calls to privatize services, along with population shifts and aging facilities.
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A report by the Office of Special Counsel describes a “willful disregard” of the Hatch Act condoned by then-President Trump.
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The Biden administration’s plan to vaccinate the federal workforce is succeeding in many quarters, but the exemptions sought by some employees are complicating efforts to return the government to full strength.