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Compliance August 9, 2024
DOL to Launch Revamped Federal Benefits Website
The department is ‘centralizing’ government benefits such as Social Security and disaster relief at USA.gov.
Reported by Alex Ortolani
The Department of Labor and the General Services Administration are launching a revamped federal benefits website in September in a move to centralize information and resources.
Going forward, the Benefits.gov website that includes information on Social Security, Medicare, education loans and disaster relief will move to USA.gov and USAGov en Español (USA.gov/es) for Spanish speakers, according to a notice issued August 7.
Benefits.gov, hosted by the DOL since 2002, will shut down in September. The departments are making the move to meet Executive Order 14058, which calls on federal department to “simplify both public-facing and internal processes to improve efficiency, and empower the Federal workforce to solve problems.”
USA.gov will be redesigned to provide:
- One location for benefits information;
- gov Benefit Finder for users to find programs and determine eligibility; and
- Category-based navigation that organizes benefits information by specific types.
Benefits.gov, run by the DOL, has been used by more 220 million people for information regarding 1,100 government benefits.
The GSA is a department focused on the basic support and management of government agencies.