Social Security Administration
Improve Hearings Pending
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Goal Leader: Elaine Garrison-Daniels, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Office of Hearings Operations |
Goal Statement: Improve customer service in the hearings process by prioritizing those individuals who have waited the longest for a hearing decision.
- By September 30, 2020, decide 98 percent of cases that begin the fiscal year 270 days old or older.1
- By September 30, 2021, decide 98 percent of cases that begin the fiscal year 190 days old or older.
1 Setting the number of days for this target is how we define aged cases.
Quarterly targets:

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