Jul 14, 2009

Hearing Backlog Report

























Courtesy of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) here is the most recent report on average processing times at Social Security's hearing offices. Click on each image to see it full size.

Compare the average processing time as it has changed over time:
  • January 25, 2007 -- 508 days
  • May 25, 2007 -- 523 days
  • July 28, 2007 -- 528 days
  • August 31, 2007 -- 523 days
  • November 30, 2007 -- 500 days
  • February 29, 2008 -- 511 days
  • May 30, 2008 -- 523 days
  • June 27, 2008 -- 529 days
  • July 31, 2008 -- 530 days
  • September 3, 2008 -- 532 days
  • November 5, 2008 -- 476 days
  • December 3, 2008 -- 480 days
  • March 8, 2009 -- 499 days
  • April 24, 2009 -- 505 days
  • June 3, 2009 -- 505 days
Update: There is an error in the document provided by NOSSCR. The offices ranked 1-59 were not reproduced, but the offices ranked 60-188 were repeated. I am sorry, but I am dependent upon what NOSSCR supplies.

Further update: NOSSCR was kind enough to supply me with the correct first page. I have posted it above.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr hall,you forgot to post 1-59 hearing ranking reports.You have posted a duplication.Please correct.Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Its also important to recognize that this is the "snapshot" report for cases disposed of in May only, not year to date. Year to date avg processing time for FY2009 is 495 days through the end of June. At the end of FY2008 it was 514.

Its also important to remember that with the extensive transfer of files between offices, this report is no longer an accurate indicator of how long an office takes to dispose of cases in its own service area. In other words, if a 2 year old case is transferred from office A to office B and then disposed of in 3 months, that case would show up in this report under office B's numbers with a processing time of 27 months

Anonymous said...

"this report is no longer an accurate indicator of how long an office takes to dispose of cases in its own service area"

I certainly concur or agree with that statement.