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Social Security Budget =
Reduced
![3D"SSA](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/budgetoverview2010=) Congress provided us with $11.4 =
billion for our=20
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 administrative expenses=97$23 million below =
the=20
enacted FY 2010 level and nearly $1 billion below the FY 2011 =
President's=20
budget request.
Given the=20
tight budget situation, we are continuing our SSA-wide hiring =
freeze with=20
the exception of our hearings operation. We have had to cut most =
of the=20
overtime, except for critical activities like helping people who =
come into=20
our offices for service at the end of the day. Our field office =
and=20
hearing office employees will no longer visit remote service =
sites; and we=20
will not open the new teleservice center or eight new hearing =
offices as=20
we had planned. We also have suspended issuing Social Security =
Statements.=20
By making these very tough choices, we will be able to avoid =
furloughing=20
our employees and will keep our doors open to the public in FY=20
2011.
Even though=20
our budget has been cut, we remain focused on eliminating our =
hearings=20
backlog by FY 2013. Our hearing receipts have been increasing, but =
we are=20
hiring new judges and support staff over the next few months and, =
with=20
adequate funding in FY 2012, expect to continue to make progress =
improving=20
this important workload.
The number of=20
employees we have determines the amount of work we can complete. =
We expect=20
to lose about 3,500 employees this year and 4,400 in the next =
fiscal year=20
if we continue to operate at an approximately level budget. =
We will=20
do our best to serve the American people, and encourage everyone =
to use=20
our online services at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
To learn more=20
about Social Security's budget, visit http://www.socialsecurity.=
gov/budget/.=20
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lure.=20
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