The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Social Security Administration
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(4)-(5) (Commissioner's authority over agency operations and facilities); 41 C.F.R. part 102-74 (federal facility access)
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17
- End
- 2022-04-07 (in-person service restored; Ex. 087) (read as 2022-04-07)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 7, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public; all local Social Security offices
- Functions reached
- CT public offices closed
- CS client meetings (disability representatives, payees, employers verifying SSNs)
- HR hiring (Social Security number verification and card issuance delays)
- CB claimants
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person service starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This decision protects the population we serve--older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions--and our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Enforcement
Federal facility access control; 41 C.F.R. 102-74.375
Notes
Every local Social Security office in the United States was closed to walk-in service for 752 days; reached disability-representation firms, nursing homes and payees, employers needing original SSN cards for new hires, and the banks and lenders whose customers needed benefit verification.
Retrieval noteThe archived 2020 press-release page as of Mar. 25, 2020 carries the full text of the Mar. 16, 2020 release.