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        <title>Michael J. Astrue </title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Social Security braces for budget cuts, frustrated public]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-25 18:20:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Checks will arrive on time, but nearly every other task the Social Security Administration performs &mdash; from answering phones to determining eligibility for claims &mdash; will be delayed if Congress fails to stop steep federal budget cuts from taking...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hm-government-sequestration-could-affect-hagerstown-regional-airport-20130222,0,4780985.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-22 16:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-Md. agency head named acting SSA commissioner]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-14 17:49:46</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Carolyn Colvin, the former secretary of the state Department of Human Resources, became acting commissioner of the Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration on Thursday.

President Barack Obama has not yet nominated a successor for Michael J. Astrue,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Term up for Social Security Administration's commissioner]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-07 16:37:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a new head of the Social Security Administration, replacing an incumbent appointed by his predecessor, George W. Bush, but the White House is mum on who should take the helm at the agency, which faces...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Get your Social Security statement online]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-06 01:05:32</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you would like to get a Social Security Statement, which provides estimates of your future benefits, it is now available online at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

“Our new online Social Security Statement is simple, easy-to-use and provides people...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baltimore area's federal agencies a 'growth industry']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-13 03:37:47</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite budget cuts and anti-government rhetoric in Congress, Maryland officials say the two huge federal agencies based in Woodlawn &#8212; which have long helped buoy the region's economy &#8212; may be better positioned than others to ride out the...]]></description>
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