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(The Hill) — The Social Security Administration (SSA) has banned speechmaking “general news” websites astatine work, according to The Hill.
"Social Security employees should beryllium focused connected mission-critical enactment and serving the American people,” a Social Security spokesperson said successful a connection emailed to The Hill connected Thursday.
“Therefore, we implemented further restrictions to the categories of websites prohibited from government-furnished equipment, including online shopping, wide news, and sports. Employees whitethorn petition an objection if they person a concern request for job-specific duties,” the spokesperson continued.
NBC News and The Washington Post some reported previously that determination was an SSA email discussing employee website bans including for “general news,” which was confirmed by the agency's statement.
Social Security warns of 'significant workforce reductions'
The SSA precocious said it was letting employees cognize astir incoming “significant workforce reductions” portion it got acceptable for “agency-wide organizational restructuring” arsenic reports were coming distant connected thousands of workers being perchance fto go.
A week ago, the bureau said offices that carried retired functions not “mandated by statute whitethorn beryllium prioritized for reduction-in-force actions that could see abolishment of organizations and positions, directed reassignments, and reductions successful staffing.”
“The bureau whitethorn reassign employees from non-mission captious positions to mission-critical nonstop work positions (e.g., tract offices, teleservice centers, processing centers),” the SSA said. “Reassignments whitethorn beryllium involuntary and whitethorn necessitate retraining for caller workloads.”
DOGE, Trump national occupation cuts
The Trump medication has sought to dramatically reshape the national authorities done actions similar occupation cuts.
On Wednesday, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins confirmed that his section was preparing to chopped about 72,000 jobs.
“Our extremity is to trim VA employment levels to 2019 successful spot numbers, astir 398,000 employees, from our existent level of astir 470,000 employees,” Collins said successful a video statement. “Now that’s a 15 percent decrease. We’re going to execute this without making cuts to wellness attraction oregon benefits to veterans and VA beneficiaries.”
