The NOSSCR referral service helps connect prospective claimants with qualified NOSSCR members across the country — supporting better client service, helping members grow their practices, and generating important support for NOSSCR’s mission along the way.

Following a direct conversation with Commissioner Bisignano, SSA leadership asked us to gather advocates’ experiences resolving client issues — and they want to hear from a broad range of representatives. Please take five minutes to complete this survey by June 1.

With the Social Security trust funds projected to deplete in 2034, NOSSCR Senior Policy Advisor David Camp explores the solvency choices facing Congress—and why voters should expect candidates to have a real plan.

Still energized from Baltimore? Think you’re ready to take the main stage and share your ideas? Then join us this October in Salt Lake City — speaker proposals are due May 31.

NOSSCR is excited to introduce new discounted staff registration rates — including opportunities for even deeper savings when your team stays in the conference hotel block. Plus, we’re planning dedicated staff training and networking opportunities designed to help your whole team learn and connect together.

It’s 2026, and Social Security claimants are still being denied benefits based on a job description written before the personal computer existed. The Router occupation is the next domino to fall — here’s how to push it.

The VE says “light work.” The DOT says “light work.” But SSA’s six-hour standing-and-walking limit? That’s nowhere in either source. Here’s how to expose that gap at the hearing — and win on it appeal.

The ABLE Tomorrow Act, introduced May 12 with bipartisan support, would make key ABLE account provisions permanent and expand how those funds can be contributed and protected.

Don’t miss your chance for a quick check-in with fellow NOSSCR NextGen members. These monthly gatherings are an informal chance to network, ask questions, run hypotheticals, and just touch base with our community. This month features special guest Debora Wagner.

Sustaining Member Adriana de la Torre offers her take on recent circuit court decisions. This month: What the Seventh Circuit’s latest Social Security decision teaches us about building a record that survives review.

NOSSCR is thankful for the ongoing generous support of our PAC contributors! Your generosity strengthens our advocacy and ensures the voices of claimants and representatives are heard where it matters most.

Sponsorship and exhibitor spots for NOSSCR’s Fall National Conference in Salt Lake City are open — and going fast. Secure your place before the best booth locations are gone.

The National Academies want to hear from representatives about pulmonary function testing in the disability determination process. Your perspective is uniquely valuable — submit your comments by June 15.

NOSSCR is advocating on Capitol Hill for the RECON Act. If passed, the bill would make reconsideration optional for claimants nationwide. We encourage members to review our one-pager and reach out to their federal elected officials in support.

Elections for NOSSCR Board of Directors circuit representatives in the 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 11th circuits are coming up. Ballots will be emailed to eligible members in June. Add NOSSCR@simplyvoting.com to your contacts so your ballot doesn’t get missed.

The SSA Office of Inspector General has released a new audit report on the cost-effectiveness of collecting low-dollar OASDI overpayments. Read the full report here.

This month the agency released information about the new bank for Direct Express, a new web address for the AARPS portal, and the monthly statistical snapshots for April 2026.

Find links for the SCO to the DOT, Grid Rules, Listings, contact information for the Field Offices and Regional Communications Directors, DDS site codes, POMS recent changes, Emergency Messages, and much more!