Aug 11, 2011

Social Security Addresses Office Space At DDS

Social Security has added a section to its POMS manual to address the amount of office space to be allocated to employees at the state Disability Determination Services (DDS) offices. These state DDS's make the initial and reconsideration determinations on Social Security disability claims. Although DDS employees are state employees, they are treated much the same as federal employees in many respects. They even have ssa.gov domain e-mail addresses. Here are Social Security's space allocations for DDS employees:
Position
Total Square Feet
Director, DDS
200
Assistant or Deputy Director
150
Program Director or Manager
150
Unit Supervisor
120
Technical Consultant and Systems Specialist
100
Hearing Officer
100
Quality Assurance Specialist
100
Vocational Specialist
100
Claims Examiner (adjudicator)
100
Clerks and other support positions
 75
Chief Medical Consultant
150
Full-Time Medical Consultants and Part Time Medical Consultants (electronic claims adjudication makes it more difficult for consultant to share space)
100

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this SSA's way of saying that they won't pay for any more space and it's up to states to swallow the rest of the cost?

Barbara said...

That's more than most SSA employees. I'm a programmer at central office. We used to have 80 sq ft cubes. When they got the new modular cubes, we were downsized to 60+ sq ft.