On this day in Social Security Administration history: April 1
Guy Clinch
Management and Program Analyst at Social Security Administration: Opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect my employer or any organization with which I have had an affiliation.
4/1/1936 The Social Security Board moved into its own headquarters on 1712 G Street, Washington, D.C. (The Board had been in the Department of Labor building, but was later moved to this 1712 G Street which was the old Department of Labor building.) The Board offices were located on the 7th floor.?
?4/1/1937 The Social Security Board abandoned the District Office/Branch Office plan of organization and designated all sub-regional offices as field offices.?
?4/1/1944 Pensions were authorized for all physically or mentally helpless children of deceased veterans regardless of the age of the child at the date the claim was filed or at the time of the veteran's death, provided the child was disabled at age 16 and the disability continued to the date of the claim.?
?4/1/1946 The Kansas City Area Office, part of which was split off from New Orleans, opened.?
?4/1/1952 The Social Security Administration's Annual Report (1951) recommended health insurance for beneficiaries.??
4/1/1954 Robert M. Ball was appointed the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.??
4/1/1960 The movement of personnel and equipment to the Woodlawn Building was completed.?
?4/1/1966 The Special Staff for Employee Management Relations and Equal Employment Opportunity at SSA was formed.?
?4/1/1968 Japan extended compulsory coverage under the workers' accident compensation law to some 2.5 million workers employed in commerce, finance and service industries.?
?4/1/1969 The Bureau of District Office Operations reorganized its central office.?
4/1/1969 In coordination with HEW's own task force, SSA established a Task Force on Manpower Utilization, which was headed up by Jack S. Futterman.?
?4/1/1970 Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Finch announced the formation of a Family Assistance Planning Staff at the Department level. The SSA elements dealing with FAP (established in February) were incorporated into the Department staff.??
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4/1/1971 In a landmark decision, Richardson versus Perales, the Supreme Court upheld by a vote of 6-3, the Federal Government's and Social Security Administration's position on requirements of procedural due process. In this, the first SSA case heard by the Supreme Court, the majority held that a written report of a consultative physician, albeit hearsay in character, could constitute substantive evidence to support a decision adverse to an applicant for disability benefits.?
?4/1/1972 The Philadelphia and the Kansas City Payment Centers began experimenting with modules: small groups having full responsibility for the entire process of benefit payments.?
4/1/1974 The 1974 Advisory Council on Social Security was appointed by Secretary Weinberger. The Bureau of Data Processing began a 6-month experiment with flextime.?
4/1/1991 Childcare center opened in the Metro West Building in downtown Baltimore.??
4/1/1995 Commissioner Chater appointed Arthur J. Fried as General Counsel.?
?4/1/1995 DALBAR, Inc. , a source for information on customer service initiatives and trends rated SSA's telephone service representatives 1st in Accommodations, Attitude, Knowledge, and Ring Time in its World Class Benchmarking study. Other companies in the study were AT&T Universal Card Credit Cards, 华特迪士尼公司 , 联邦快递 , L.L.Bean , Nordstrom , The Saturn Corporation, Southwest Airlines , and Xerox .?
?4/1/1996 SSA received Hammer Award for the Birmingham Telephone Claims unit.?
4/1/2000 SSA issued its FY 2001 Government Performance and Results Act Annual Performance Plan.?
4/1/2000 SSA issued its FY 2001 Government Performance and Results Act Annual Performance Plan and Revised Final FY 2000 Performance Plan. This document serves as the link between our long-range Agency Strategic Plan and the President's FY 2001 budget request for SSA.??
4/1/2003 SSA released its new Agency Strategic Plan for the years 2003-2008.??
4/1/2004 SSA announced the awarding of $6.6 million to fund outreach projects to assist homeless individuals apply for SSI and Social Security disability benefits. The awards, to 34 community groups in 16 states and the District of Columbia, are part of the Homeless Outreach Programs & Education Projects and Evaluation (HOPE) initiative.??
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