DC Social Security Hearing Office Shut Down

DC Social Security Hearing Office Computer System Shut Down

The DC Social Security hearing office came to a grinding halt on Wednesday and, sad to say, it is still not up and running. Yes, it’s true. The computer system at the DC hearing office (ODAR) is down and almost nothing is getting done. Without the computer they cannot check the status of cases, they can’t look at the electronic files, they simply can’t do anything that requires using the computer system. On a practical basis this means that the hearing office is almost completely shut down.

This is really unacceptable. And it’s yet another roadblock in the path of clearing out the backlog of cases. This makes me long for the days of doing everything by hand.