Following are testimony and other communications to Congress by SSA officials before the 105th Congress. For additional information on legislation, you can use THOMAS, which was developed by the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. You can access THOMAS at: http://thomas.loc.gov/.

October 6, 1998 – Statement of Marilyn O’Connell, Associate Commissioner for Program Benefits, before the Senate Committee on Government Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and District of Columbia, on health benefits for coal miners.

September 23, 1998-- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, on the security of Government computer systems.

July 24, 1998-- Statement of Paul Barnes, Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on labor-management relations at SSA.

July 22, 1998 – Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the Senate Finance Committee, on Social Security, Pensions, and Personal Savings. Testimony not available.

July 7, 1998 – Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the Senate Finance Committee, Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, concerning SSI childhood disability benefits.

June 15, 1998 – Statement of Arthur Fried, Office of the General Counsel, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on acquiescence.

May 7, 1998-- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, on the Year 2000 (Y2K) issue.

April 21, 1998 -- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Appropriations,Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, on SSA Efforts in Preparation for Y2K.

April 21, 1998 -- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, on fraud and abuse involving the SSI program.

April 17, 1998-- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, on SSA’s financial statement and audit results.

March 12, 1998 – Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittees on Social Security and Human Resources, on Social Security as an independent agency.

March 4, 1998-- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, on electronic benefits transfers.

February 26, 1998 -- Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on raising the retirement age.

February 24, 1998 – Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the Senate Budget Committee, on the future of Social Security.

February 10, 1998 -- Statement of Kenneth Apfel, Commissioner, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, concerning Social Security reform. Testimony not available.

November 12, 1997-- Statement of Dale Sopper, Acting Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, on implementation of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

September 25, 1997-- Statement of Susan M. Daniels,  Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability, before House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on success of SSA’s efforts to protect integrity of the disability program.

September 25, 1997 -- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, on Treasury regulations requiring conversion from checks to electronic funds transfer for Federal payments.

September 23, 1997 -- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, on computer security at SSA.

August 26, 1997 – Statement of Steve Goss, Deputy Chief Actuary, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging field hearing in Omaha, NE, on challenges facing Social Security and Medicare following the year 2010.

July 23, 1997-- Statement of John L. Callahan, Acting Commissioner, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on return to work initiatives for the disabled.

July 10, 1997-- Statement of Kathleen Adams, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Systems, before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, and the House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology, on the first Y2K computer problem quarterly report to OMB.

May 1, 1997 -- John Callahan, Acting Commissioner, testified before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, on SSA’s FY 1998 Appropriation Requests.  Testimony is not available.

May 22, 1997-- Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, on electronic benefits transfer.

April 24, 1997-- Statement of Carolyn Colvin, Deputy Commissioner for Programs and Policy, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on oversight of the disability appeals process.

March 10, 1997 – Statement of John Dyer, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, on the Government Performance Results Act.

February 13, 1997 -- Statement of Carolyn Colvin, Deputy Commissioner for Programs and Policy, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security,  concerning the President’s FY 1998 budget poposals for non-citizens.