The Social Security Administration is switching all communication to public and media to "X" after DOGE cuts

[TC McQuade]

SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff​

The Social Security Administration is cutting staff from its communications office, and will rely on social media posts instead of press releases to update the media and the public.

Regional SSA offices, each representing several states, will no longer have fully staffed public affairs offices, because of the agency’s mass reassignment of employees to field offices.

SSA Midwest-West (MWW) Regional Commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis told employees in a call Thursday that those regional offices will no longer issue press releases or “Dear Colleague” letters to advocate groups.

“Instead, the agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public — formerly known as Twitter,” Kerr-Davis said. “This will become our communication mechanism.”

The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent

SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff

SSA is once again walking back plans that would have limited the agency's level of phone support to beneficiaries.

federalnewsnetwork.com

 

[Waher]

View: https://x.com/SocialSecurity/status/1910841666870653128

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[TC McQuade]

View: https://x.com/SocialSecurity/status/1910841666870653128

Who the hell is the "Federal News Network", where the story came from?

Are they just another Left Propaganda site?

 

[timbo]

I was going to say...NES, a triumph message board and a bass player's message board are all the "social media" sites I'm on...I doubt I'm going to get a lot of stuff from SSA on these boards....well, maybe misinformation about it here but I digress.

I don't do Face Plant, X, or any of the other "makes you feel like shit" social media outlets.

 

[Abe Froman]

I was going to say...NES, a triumph message board and a bass player's message board are all the "social media" sites I'm on..

Please tell me that's a message board for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and not the band or the car. You might just restore my enthusiasm for the Internets.

 

[timbo]

Please tell me that's a message board for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and not the band or the car. You might just restore my enthusiasm for the Internets.

nope, none of the above...Triumph Motorcycles.

 

[Spanz]

SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff​

The Social Security Administration is cutting staff from its communications office, and will rely on social media posts instead of press releases to update the media and the public.

Regional SSA offices, each representing several states, will no longer have fully staffed public affairs offices, because of the agency’s mass reassignment of employees to field offices.

SSA Midwest-West (MWW) Regional Commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis told employees in a call Thursday that those regional offices will no longer issue press releases or “Dear Colleague” letters to advocate groups.

“Instead, the agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public — formerly known as Twitter,” Kerr-Davis said. “This will become our communication mechanism.”

The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent

Damn, i am going to miss my “dear colleague” briefings.

Hey…wait! WHAT dear colleague briefings???