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National Hearing Center Aims to Reduce Case Backlog

Jan 25th, 2008

Social Security Administration is establishing a National Hearing Center (NHC) so that a centralized cadre of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) can use video hearing technology to hear cases in the most backlogged parts of the country. … The agency also plans to hire about 150 ALJs and some additional hearing office support staff in the spring of 2008. SSA Press Release.

All I can say is that it cannot come soon enough.

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