Social Security Administration:
The Honorable Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner

U.S. General Accounting Office:

Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division;
accompanied by
Kay Brown, Assistant Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division

PANEL:

Ron Niesing, President, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin

Witold Skwierczynski, President, National Council of Social Security Administration Field Operation Locals, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 220, and Co-Chair, AFGE-SSA National Partnership Council

Michael W. Brennan, President, National Council of Disability Determination Directors

The Honorable Ronald G. Bernoski, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings and Apeals, Social Security Administration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and President, Association of Administrative Law Judges, Inc.,

The Honorable Kathleen A. McGraw, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings and Apeals, Social Security Administration, Atlanta, Georgia, and Chair, Social Security Section, Federal Bar Association

Nancy G. Shor, Executive Director, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, Midland Park, New Jersey