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The Social Security Administration "eliminated" its civil rights office
The Social Security Administration "eliminated" its civil rights office
"Please wait for instructions from the agency to ... report harassment."
Chris Geidner
Feb 25, 2025
The Social Security Administration “eliminated” the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity (OCREO) on Tuesday, Law Dork has learned. ... “The OCREO office has been eliminated,” the auto-response message read of a person who, as of Monday at least, had been a director in the office. “Please wait for instructions from the agency to request EEO counseling, report harassment, or guidance for reasonable accommodations.”
Tuesday’s change was justified in an announcement as eliminating a “duplicative office.” ... The closure of the office echoed another abrupt set of changes announced by Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek on February 21 regarding the Office of Analytics Review and Oversight.
Tuesday’s announcement of the civil rights office’s elimination said that all employees of the office had been placed on administrative leave on Tuesday, although one source told Law Dork that the employees had been fired. According to the Baltimore Banner, an SSA spokesperson told the publication that “about 140 people in the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity have been placed on administrative leave.”
In the auto-response message from the person who had been a director in the office as of Monday, which was viewed by Law Dork, the message concluded, “Thank you, and good luck.”
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"Please wait for instructions from the agency to ... report harassment."
Chris Geidner
Feb 25, 2025
The Social Security Administration “eliminated” the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity (OCREO) on Tuesday, Law Dork has learned. ... “The OCREO office has been eliminated,” the auto-response message read of a person who, as of Monday at least, had been a director in the office. “Please wait for instructions from the agency to request EEO counseling, report harassment, or guidance for reasonable accommodations.”
Tuesday’s change was justified in an announcement as eliminating a “duplicative office.” ... The closure of the office echoed another abrupt set of changes announced by Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek on February 21 regarding the Office of Analytics Review and Oversight.
Tuesday’s announcement of the civil rights office’s elimination said that all employees of the office had been placed on administrative leave on Tuesday, although one source told Law Dork that the employees had been fired. According to the Baltimore Banner, an SSA spokesperson told the publication that “about 140 people in the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity have been placed on administrative leave.”
In the auto-response message from the person who had been a director in the office as of Monday, which was viewed by Law Dork, the message concluded, “Thank you, and good luck.”
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