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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Elaine P. Edwards on her | ||||||
| 4 | retirement from the Social Security Administration after 38 | ||||||
| 5 | years of service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Elaine Edwards began her career at the Social | ||||||
| 7 | Security Administration on September 24, 1978; during her | ||||||
| 8 | career, she has served as a File Clerk (1978-1981), a Cash | ||||||
| 9 | Clerk (1981-1982), an Accounting Technician (1982-1984), Lead | ||||||
| 10 | Accounting Technician (1984-1989), and Legal Admin. Specialist | ||||||
| 11 | Benefit Authorizer (1989-2004); in February of 2004, she became | ||||||
| 12 | a Social Insurance Specialist - Claim Specialist, where she | ||||||
| 13 | served until her retirement; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, As a Social Insurance Specialist - Claim | ||||||
| 15 | Specialist, Elaine Edwards made determinations regarding | ||||||
| 16 | entitlement for benefits under Retirement, Survivors, and | ||||||
| 17 | Disability (Title 2) and Medicare (Title 18); she made final | ||||||
| 18 | determinations on all types of complex claims, which included | ||||||
| 19 | workers' compensation, hearing and appeals, capability issues, | ||||||
| 20 | and railroad issues; she would process the cases under the | ||||||
| 21 | proper application of the laws, regulations, policies, and | ||||||
| 22 | procedures of the Social Security Act; she has mentored newly | ||||||
| 23 | trained Claim Authorizers, guided them to further develop their | ||||||
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| 1 | skills in analyzing, reviewing, and making determinations, and | ||||||
| 2 | processing all work by reading the policy and procedures of the | ||||||
| 3 | Social Security Act; she also resolved issues including | ||||||
| 4 | self-employment earnings, questionable retirement, and | ||||||
| 5 | non-covered earnings that include entitlement to a federal, | ||||||
| 6 | state, local or foreign pension, and prepared formal and | ||||||
| 7 | informal determinations relating the facts, evidence and | ||||||
| 8 | issues in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security | ||||||
| 9 | Act; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Elaine Edwards has received numerous awards and | ||||||
| 11 | recognitions for being an outstanding employee during her | ||||||
| 12 | tenure at the Social Security Administration, including 16 | ||||||
| 13 | Exemplary Contributions or Service Awards, five Recognition of | ||||||
| 14 | Contribution Awards, four Quality Step Increases, a Regional | ||||||
| 15 | Commissioner's Citation, six On the Spot Awards, a Hammer | ||||||
| 16 | Award, and an Executive Recognition of Contribution; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Elaine Edwards serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
| 18 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | congratulate Elaine P. Edwards on the occasion of her | ||||||
| 23 | retirement and wish her continued success and happiness in the | ||||||
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| 1 | future; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to Elaine Edwards as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 4 | respect.
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