Hearing on Clearing the Disability Backlog – Giving the Social Security Administration the Resources It Needs to Provide the Benefits Workers Have Earned
FOCUS OF THE HEARING
This hearing will focus on SSA’s large backlog of disability claims, its impact on applicants with severe disabilities who are awaiting a decision on their claim, and SSA’s plan to reduce the backlog. It will also focus on the role of SSA resource shortages in the growth of the backlog; other effects of these shortages, including the impact on service in local field offices, telephone service, and SSA’s ability to conduct program integrity activities; and the need for increased administrative funding in FY 2009 to address these problems.