Social Security News

     The Social Security Administration published a notice in the Federal Register today that it is making the attorney advisor program p...

     The Social Security Administration has asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve final regulations to make the atto...

     From today's Federal Register : We are extending for six months our rule authorizing attorney advisors to conduct certain preh...

     Below is Social Security's Hearings Caseload Analysis Report for the first nine months of fiscal year (FY) 2016, which began on O...

     I heard today of a claimant's request for hearing being diverted to an "informal remand" review, also called re-recon. ...

     My firm has received senior attorney decisions this month in two cases from two different hearing offices. These are the first we hav...

     From a Bulletin issued by Social Security's Chief Administrative Law Judge: In November 2013 we began a pilot: the Nationa...

     Three notices from today's Federal Register : I. This final rule adopts, without change, the interim final rule with request fo...

     From a report by Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG):   The SAA [Staff Attorney Adjudicator] Program [also know...

     What's going on with re-recon (also known as informal remands) and senior attorney reviews? These have been efforts to cope with S...

Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on the use of Senior Attorney Adjudicators (SAAs) . The report i...