Social Security Administration subcontractors fight to get paid

Federal Times: Independent subcontractors are missing thousands of dollars each after the Social Security Administration changed its method for contracting its hearing reporters, and the firm newly responsible for scheduling those reporters failed to issue on-time payments.

Beginning in February 2017, the Social Security Administration began awarding indefinite quantity contracts to Carmazzi Global Solutions, as well as other contractors, to provide subcontracted verbatim hearing reporters to take notes on Social Security hearings.

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