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Local Social Security Administration (SSA) office staff are ignoring 'simple requests' for months as the rampant telework abuse under the Biden administration drudges on.
An organizational payee worker in Sioux City, Iowa, disclosed that the local Social Security field office has been ignoring outreach entirely since December.
The whistleblower writes in a disclosure obtained first by DailyMail.com that their department faxed 12 intakes to the SSA office but has 'not received any calls on them.'
Some of the intakes date back to December 2023, according to the whistleblower, almost four months ago.
The whistleblower says that their office is not able to take more referrals until there is 'movement' on the ones faxed over months ago.
'I'm at a loss of what to do to get things moving in the right direction,' the exacerbated whistleblower writes in an email to the SSA office's assistant district manager.
Now top Iowa Republicans Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Randy Feenstra are moving concerns up the food chain to the agency's top watchdog.
'I'm at a loss of what to do to get things moving in the right direction,' the exacerbated whistleblower writes in an email to the SSA office's assistant district manager
The SSA headquarters in Washington, D.C., had the most unused office space of any Biden agency at just 7 percent according to a recent report - meaning 90 percent is unoccupied daily wasting billions of taxpayer dollars
Ernst to the USDA inspector general Wednesday in a letter first obtained by DailyMail.com expressing issues with the secretary's testimony
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There have been 'multiple reports' of organizational payees in Iowa 'experiencing egregious delays with their SSA field office,' they state.
'Alarmingly, the SSA field office in Sioux City, Iowa has established a pattern of ignoring outreach from Organizational Payees entirely,' the lawmakers write to Social Security Inspector General Gail Ennis.
SSA field office employees may only telework two days per week, according to a staff directive from February.
But the Sioux City SSA field office’s timing for addressing simple requests 'often takes weeks to months, denying everyone involved access to answers and assistance, and imparting significant delays on beneficiaries.'
'What’s more, when presented with concerns about response times, the Sioux City SSA field office is dismissive or provides no substantive updates, if an answer is provided at all. This is unacceptable,' Ernst and Feenstra say.
The SSA headquarters has the most unused office space of any Biden agency at just 7 percent according to a recent report - meaning 90 percent is unoccupied daily wasting billions of taxpayer dollars.
'It is well past time for the federal workforce to return to work at their duty stations,' the lawmakers write.
The spotlight on the Social Security Administration comes days after Biden's Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was put on the hot seat for the agency's work from home posture.
Another whistleblower at the agency expressed issues with the
