Update: I am bumping this up since I regard it as being of considerable importance.
A California attorney I know happened to receive -- by accident -- a copy of the draft final report of Social Security's Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel (OIDAP). I have uploaded it to Yousendit. It is available for downloading for the next week for the first 100 people. Update: Here is another link for downloading the draft final report for when the first link stops working. It is a 500 page plus PDF so expect it to take some time to download.
Although this may sound like a boring subject, it is, by far, the most important policy issue facing Social Security. An occupational information system is fundamental to Social Security disability determination. Millions of Social Security claims will be decided based upon any new occupational information system that comes out of OIDAP's work. This is the most important policy issue that Social Security has faced in about thirty years.
A California attorney I know happened to receive -- by accident -- a copy of the draft final report of Social Security's Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel (OIDAP). I have uploaded it to Yousendit. It is available for downloading for the next week for the first 100 people. Update: Here is another link for downloading the draft final report for when the first link stops working. It is a 500 page plus PDF so expect it to take some time to download.
Although this may sound like a boring subject, it is, by far, the most important policy issue facing Social Security. An occupational information system is fundamental to Social Security disability determination. Millions of Social Security claims will be decided based upon any new occupational information system that comes out of OIDAP's work. This is the most important policy issue that Social Security has faced in about thirty years.
After reading through that monster, it appears they're at least asking many of the right questions in regards to what realistic, measurable demands of work could be described, and they're concerned about the legal and scientific validity of the new occupational resource. Whether it's plausible and cost-effective to advance this project is another matter altogether. This could very well be SSA's version of the "Big Dig" in terms of cost, complexity, and ongoing impediments toward carrying out the ultimate goal.
ReplyDeleteThey are talking about changing the MRFC form AND creating a DOT replacement. Doomed for failure. The MRFC changes would be challenged in court. The DOT replacement would fare better, but you are talking light years to gather all that data like the Dept of Labor did. I predict this panel will recommend a lot more than will be actually implement, if anything is implemented at all.
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