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Article: Report: SSA changes comms to back Bush.(Social Security Administration)(Brief Article)
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- PR Week (US)
- Article date:
- March 7, 2005
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WASHINGTON: A House Government Reform Committee minority staff report released last week accuses the Social Security Administration (SSA) of changing its communications strategy to corroborate President Bush's claims that Social Security is in crisis.
According to the report, the agency has systematically altered news releases, website content, and annual statements to give the impression that the program is in need of change.
'The job of the SSA is to run the Social Security program, not provide political cover for (the) President,' wrote Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) in a statement. 'The agency has sacrificed its independence and abandoned its tradition of ...