Treasury experiencing "delays" in releasing SSI payments today

[devil21]

Hmm...not much media coverage but this is apparently affecting a hell of a lot of people today that get SS benefits.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...,4428939.story

Supplemental Security Income payments to adults and children with disabilities were temporarily unavailable during an intermittent outage in the early-morning hours Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service said Monday.

SSI funds are typically released to beneficiaries on Direct Express debit cards at 1 a.m. on the first day of the month, said spokesman David Starck. But an off-and-on outage in the system between 1 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. meant that some beneficiaries using their debit cards then could not access their funds if the system was out at that time, he said.

The cause of the outage hasn't been determined, Stark said early Monday afternoon, and the number of beneficiaries unable to access their money in the early hours also is unknown.

[tod evans]

Well there isn't anything to back these "credits"...

Must be a 'puter glitch.

[Elias Graves]

Gimme my money!

[ghengis86]

Gimme someone elses money!

FIFY

[HOLLYWOOD]

Scrimmage Game... lol that it only effects Disability checks. Guess they use a special ink or paper to print upon? Oh, that's the special Disabilities Paycheck server that has no mirror or backups.

[Elias Graves]

FIFY

Whatever. The liquor store opened hours ago!