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Eve Hill represents a coalition of leading disability rights advocates along with individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop unlawful cuts to social security services. – Go Health Pro

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Eve Hill represents a coalition of leading disability rights advocates along with individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop unlawful cuts to social security services. – Go Health Pro

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Deaf Equality, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Massachusetts Senior Action Council, along with individual plaintiffs, filed a federal lawsuit today against the Social Security Administration (SSA), Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek, DOGE Acting Administrator Amy Gleason, … Read more

What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. – Go Health Pro

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What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. – Go Health Pro

Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in part in the 1950s by computing pioneer Grace Hopper. The Defense Department essentially pressured private industry to use COBOL soon after its creation, spurring widespread adoption and making it one of the most widely used languages for … Read more

Old left ideas are unlikely to revive social democracy – Go Health Pro

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Old left ideas are unlikely to revive social democracy – Go Health Pro

Herbert Kitschelt and Silja Häusermann show that structural economic change – rather than parties abandoning traditional left-wing principles – is the root cause of the decline of social democracy. From the 1970s to the present, the political left in western democracies has irreversibly changed. In the 1970s, almost all countries had a single dominant party … Read more

AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques – Go Health Pro

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AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques – Go Health Pro

Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a recent communication, the FBI pointed out: ‘As technology continues to evolve, so do cybercriminals’ tactics.’ This article explores some of the impacts of this GenAI-fueled acceleration. … Read more

“How Much More Will I Get?”: Calculating The Impact Of WEP And GPO’s Repeal On Social Security Benefits – Go Health Pro

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“How Much More Will I Get?”: Calculating The Impact Of WEP And GPO’s Repeal On Social Security Benefits – Go Health Pro

When the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on January 5, 2025, it came as a relief to many recipients of state or local government pensions whose Social Security benefits had been, up until now, reduced by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for individuals claiming retirement benefits under their own name, or the … Read more