Show A10 NATIONWORLD The Salt Lake Tribune Friday July 29 1994 1000 Managers to Lose Jobs in Social Security Revamp Cuts Mostly Will Come From Headquaters in Effort to Streamline By SUN WASHINGTON In its first in more than a major shake-udecade the Social Security Administration plans to cut more p than 1000 management jobs within two years mostly at its headquarters in an effort to streamline the agencys bureaucracy The job cuts Social Security officials insist will be made through attntion and voluntary reassign Woodlaw-- power employees to better serve the customer and become more involved in decision-makinThe changes are prompted by orders from President Clinton to reduce management staffs at federal agencies and by the recommendations last year of Vice Presg e Nelson Schwartz THE BALTIMORE ments and not through layoffs or forced retirements Administrators said the reductions would affect only Social Securitys management staff and not the front-lmemployees who deal with millions of Americans at Social Security district offices across the country In fact officials said some employees may be added at the district offices that deal directly with the public Commissioner Shirley S Chater said she hoped the changes would bureautrim SSAs cracy and make the agency more efficient The goals of SSAs streamlining plans are to create a leaner agency structure Chater said in a statement Wednesday and em Md ident Gores A1 National Performance Review which is trying to make the government more efficient and shrink management Between 700 and 800 of the jobs slated to be cut are in Wood-law- n said Phil Gambino an SSA spokesman The rest will come from the agencys 10 regional offices Salaries for most of these positions range from $40000 to $90000 Gambino said top-heav- y Gambino said the normal pace of retirements should account for about half the jobs set to be eliminated Other employees are expected to volunteer for reassignment or take the federal buyouts that Social Security plans to offer after Oct 1 The agency employs more than 10000 people at its Woodlawn headquarters Job cuts at SSA are not new During the 1980s thousands of positions were eliminated through attrition many in areas dealing with the public The job cuts left the agency swamped by a rising tide of new claims and sparked complaints that it was unresponsive to recipients Recently the agency has been struggling to cope with a huge backlog of claims for disability benefits and has faced sharp criticism on Capitol Hill for failing to keep up with the needs of beneficiaries The overhaul at headquarters comes at a pivotal time for the So- cial Security Administration whose $325 billion budget makes it bigger than most Cabinet-leve- l departments Within a week Congress is expected to grant final approval to a plan that would make SSA an independent agency removing it from its current position within the Department of Health and Human Services Independence will mean new tasks for the Woodlawn 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