Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Social Security Disability Programs: Improving the Quality of Benefit Award Decisions

Date: September 13, 2012
Time: 9:30am
Location: Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has scheduled a hearing on its investigation of the Social Security Administration’s disability programs, which will be held on September 13, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.  
The Subcommittee will examine issues related to the quality of disability benefit awards involving 300 case files of claimants under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplement Security Income (SSI) programs involving initial applications and subsequent levels of appeal.
Witnesses will include the following representatives from the Social Security Administration.  A final witness list will be available Tuesday, September 11, 2012.  

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing regarding its investigation of the Social Security Administration’s disability programs on September 13, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.  

The Subcommittee examined issues related to the quality of disability benefit awards involving 300 case files of claimants under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplement Security Income (SSI) programs involving initial applications and subsequent levels of appeal.  

Witnesses

PANEL 1

JUDGE

PATRICIA A.

JONAS

Appellate Operations Executive Director, Deputy Chair, Appeals Council,

Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

PANEL 1

JUDGE

DEBRA

BICE

Chief Administrative Law Judge

Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

PANEL 2

JUDGE

DOUGLAS S.

STULTS

Hearing Office Chief Administrative Law Judge

Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

PANEL 2

JUDGE

THOMAS W.

ERWIN

Hearing Office Chief Administrative Law Judge

Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

PANEL 2

JUDGE

OLLIE L.

GARMON, III

Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge (Region IV)

Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

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