NOSSCR leaders provided members of the House Ways and Means Committee with vivid examples of how the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) deteriorating service is causing enormous emotional and physical tolls on those seeking benefits.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tod Didier Phone: 202-845-8631 Email: tod.didier@nosscr.org Statement on Intent to Nominate Gov. O'Malley as Commissioner of Social Security  August 2, 2023, Washington, D.C. — NOSSCR is pleased with the news of President Biden’s intent to nominate former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to serve as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. The disability claims and appeals process must utilize...

May 26, 2023 – Washington, DC.— Lisa Rein’s Washington Post story, “Federal Judges Find Fault with Majority of Social Security Disability Appeals,” is a heartbreaking indictment of America’s largest disability adjudication system. Americans turn to the Social Security Administration to access their benefits at the worst moment of their lives -- when a debilitating injury or illness removes them from...

Do you remember that scene in the movie Top Gun when the fighter jet just barely sticks the landing on the aircraft carrier – a tiny strip of concrete in a vast, blue ocean? If your immediate reaction was, “That’s something I’d love to try,” you might want to first check with NOSSCR’s new government relations manager, Betsy Osborn. She...

“Soaring to Greater Heights of Service” is a key tenet for the work of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the nation’s oldest African American sorority. As a former president of one of the sorority’s four Washington, D.C., chapters, it’s also an approach that NOSSCR’s new membership manager, Donna Davis, is excited to bring to her role. For many NOSSCR members,...

When President Biden signed the FY23 Omnibus bill into law on December 29, much of the media attention focused on the fact that Congress and the Administration had avoided a government shutdown and would not need to pass another continuing resolution. Lost in that coverage, however, was an important victory for Americans with disabilities. Included in the wide-ranging spending bill...

While most Americans were focused on the holiday season and making plans for New Year’s Eve, Congress and the White House finalized the FY23 Omnibus spending bill, avoiding a potential government shutdown. The all-encompassing spending bill passed the U.S. Senate 68-29, with the House following up the next day with a 225-201 vote for passage. NOSSCR was pleased to see...

A recent article in the Washington Post brought much-needed light to the Social Security Administration’s practice of using an obsolete job listings publication to deny disability benefits to claimants. Social Security uses the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, containing thousands of entries that haven’t been updated in more than 40 years. Many of the jobs – including those like “nut sorter”...

On behalf of the NOSSCR staff and board, we want to wish you and your loved ones a holiday season filled with joy, love and laughter.

The NOSSCR PAC had a very successful 2022 election cycle. Our PAC contributed to 37 campaigns from both political parties and 100% of our candidates won their races. This included incumbent members of key U.S. House and Senate committees that impact Social Security policy. With divided power in Congress, NOSSCR will have both challenges and opportunities in the coming year....