RELATED April 24, 2025 New Partnership for Public Service polling shows majority of the American public concerned about cuts to the federal workforce and government services April 23, 2025 Ready, Set…Wait: Nominee Experiences through the Senate Confirmation Process March 27, 2025 Max Stier’s statement for the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on "VA Accountability and Transparency" Back to Reports SSA: Preparing for a Retirement Boom June 30, 2005 As the “baby boom” of the 1940s and 1950s becomes the “retirement boom” of the 21st century, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has predicted a retirement boom among its own workforce beginning in 1998. Faced with the prospect of losing more than half of the agency’s employees by the end of 2010, including a large number of its leaders, SSA developed a strategic human capital plan based on hard data, developed among leaders from across the agency, and linked to specific deadlines and deliverables. As a result, SSA is now recruiting, developing and retaining the high-performing employees they need to ensure that our nation’s elderly, disabled and survivors of deceased workers receive needed financial support. Download (204k)