Retirees and veterans will see an 8.7 percent increase in their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits starting in 2023, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced last week.

The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) called on lawmakers to take action against Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) in an October 7, 2021 letter, citing an influx of member concerns regarding “mismanagement” at the SSA OIG.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on October 13, 2021, that the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 5.9 percent in 2022 – this is the largest increase in benefits payments since 1982 when the COLA was 8.7 percent.

A September 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) rounded up mission critical IT modernization projects at various federal agencies. The report was created based on Congressional interest in how high-risk IT projects were faring during their implementation. The report, GAO says, is an effort to "identify essential mission- IT acquisitions across the federal government and determine their key attributes."