Numbers recently released show improvement in the ranking and performance at the Hearings Office (Office of Disability, Adjudication & Review - ODAR) in Omaha, Nebraska. Figures released by the Social Security Administration indicate Omaha improved its national ranking of 147 offices from 112 to 104 in a short time (July 1 - September 3, 2008). The actual time to wait for an ALJ Hearing slipped a few days from 601 to 604.
See my previous post on this topic: WAITING - Statistics and Rankings for an ALJ Hearing in Omaha Also, see Charles Hall's excellent Blog SOCIAL SECURITY NEWS and his recent post on the backlog that includes rankings for all of the hearing offices.
These numbers are a dramatic improvement in Omaha without the addition of personnel. We can only hope that a new Congress and President will increase funding for SSA and seriously attack this problem. Without the workers, the work can't get done.
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