Social Security Administration Policies for Managing Its Administrative Law Judges

GAO was requested to review several issues concerning whether the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Administrative Law Judges (ALJ's) are required to hear a certain number of cases a year or are limited in the number of reversals they can make. In addition, an assessment was requested of the impact on the ability of ALJ's to conduct fair and proper hearings if SSA has such policies regarding production and reversal rates.