Congressional Response Report, SSA's Review of the ALJs' Decisions, A - 07 - 12 - 21234

In June of 2011 the Chairman of Subcommittee and other members of the House Committee on Ways
and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, requested OIG to assess the use and
effectiveness of management controls regarding administrative ALJs' adherence to the SSA policies and procedures.  To address this request, the OIG initiated two reviews.  One review, Congressional Response Report:  Oversight of Administrative Law Judge Workload Trends (A-12-11-01138),
covered ALJ outliers and related management controls.  This second review idenitifies any constraints,
including statutory limitations, that "make it difficult to ensure ALJ adherence to the SSA
policies and procedures."