Keegan v. Social Security Administration
Jun 11, 2015OUTCOME: Pending- Case currently in litigation
Morris Fischer represented, Michael Keegan, a former Associate Commissioner for Facilities for the Social Security Administration, who blew the whistle on Carolyn Colvin, the President’s nominee to lea ... d the agency. In short, Ms. Colvin, failed to disclose to Congress a damning report regarding a 300 million dollar computer system to process disability claims of which she was aware. Moreover, she misled Congress into believing that the project was right on schedule without any notable issues. The case was pursued by the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Darrell Issa (R-CA). On June 11, 2015, we represented Mr. Keegan who testified before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, one of the most powerful committees in all of Congress. This committee is chaired by Ron Johnson, (R-WI) and Thomas Carper (D-DE) serves as the minority ranking member. Well known U.S. Senators, John McCain (R-AZ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) all serve on this committee. The testimony was televised nationally by C-SPAN. Mr. Keegan testified to the gross waste by SSA regarding a National Computer Center project in which agency officials misled Congress.
