CPRS is the leading national organization dedicated to preserving the voluntary participation of state and local employees in Social Security.

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If you are a public employee or retiree, we invite you to learn more about the issues by reading the articles below and in our "News & Reports" section to the left. If you support our efforts, please encourage your pension plan, association or other employee or retiree group to join us.

CPRS Board Member Testifies Before Congress Requiring all public employees to participate in Social Security "would create significant new cost pressures for the affected state and local government jurisdictions while providing only minimal benefit to the program," a CPRS representative told Congress on June 23. For the full story, click here. CPRS Briefs Congressional Staff CPRS on June 6 sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill for congressional staff from the 13 states that would be most affected by mandatory Social Security coverage for new state and local public employees. For the full story, click here.

CPRS News Update - June 2011 CPRS Board Member Testifies Before Congress CPRS Briefs Congressional Staff Social Security Facing 'Permanent Annual Deficits,' Trustee Tells Congress NIRS Responds to Claims of Business Flight Driven by Public Pensions< NIRS IDs 6 Key Factors for Public Pensions . . . more

Recent CPRS Advocacy: Some Highlights CPRS Board Member Testifies Before Congress CPRS Briefs Congressional Staff Letter to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Letter to Governing Magazine Letter to Members