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• Social Security Administration (SSA) Adds New Services to Personalized Online Accounts

  SSA is expanding the services available through “my Social Security account”, a personalized online account that people can use during their working years and while they are receiving benefits. Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients can now access their benefit verification letter, payment history and earnings record.  Social Security beneficiaries also can change their address and start or change direct deposit information online.

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• How Sequestration May Impact People with Disabilities

  Overview of what sequestration may mean for people with disabilities. "Sequestration," or a series of automatic federal government budget cuts totaling $1.2 trillion over the course of 10 years, will begin March 1, 2013. These cuts will be divided between defense and domestic discretionary spending. Americans with disabilities will be affected in every area from housing to special education, to health care and transportation programs.

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• Census Bureau Report Shows 30 Percent of Adults Receiving Government Aid Have a Disability

  A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that among the 46.0 million adults who received income-based government assistance in 2011, 30.4 percent of them had a disability. "Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011" provides information on the types of disabilities among people 18 and older who received income-based government aid. Types of disability include vision, hearing, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care or independent living difficulties.

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• Ticket to Work Program Introduces Ticket Talk

  The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Ticket to Work program introduces its new monthly podcast series called Ticket Talk. Tune in for interviews with program and disability experts, audio success stories, and information about Work Incentives. Listen to or read the transcript of the first podcast featuring Associate Commission of SSA's Office of Employment Support and Programs, Bob Williams.

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• VA Launches New Initiative to Reduce Disability Claim Processing Time

  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new initiative called Acceptable Clinical Evidence (ACE) that could eliminate in-person medical examination for some Veterans. This would shorten the time it takes to process disability compensation claims. The initiative is part of a five-year transformation plan to eliminate the claims backlog and process all claims within 125 days by 2015.

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