Social Security Update 2008.08

Dear Colleague:


Here is the latest edition of the Social Security Update. This issue includes information about Social Security’s budget and the challenges the Agency faces under a Continuing Resolution, Social Security’s progress in expediting backlogged disability cases, the nationwide launch of Compassionate Allowances, the 2009 Cost-of-Living Adjustment, Social Security’s new Strategic Plan, the new Thinking of Retiring supplement to the Social Security Statement, and the 20th Anniversary of our 800 Number System. Simply go to Social Security Update to read the newsletter in its entirety.



I hope you find this newsletter informative and I look forward to the opportunity to discuss these important issues with you.



Sincerely,



Cheri Arnott

Associate Commissioner

for External Affairs

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