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Post by cricket on Nov 30, 2007 12:45:21 GMT -5
congratulations to those of you who received letters. I hope you all make it to ALJ status....from one who didn't get a letter
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Post by aaa on Nov 30, 2007 12:50:55 GMT -5
To those who didn't get an email, I am truly sorry. I do feel bad sharing good news knowing someone else didn't get that same good news. Seems there are a lot of good candidates who haven't received the email about being placed on the register.
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Post by southerner on Nov 30, 2007 13:04:48 GMT -5
Still awaiting SSA/ODAR e-mail. Received 3 copies of OPM e-mail re locations.
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Post by texasatty on Nov 30, 2007 13:09:09 GMT -5
I initially selected St. Louis, Chicago, Orlando, N.C., Va., Dallas, San Antonio
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Post by nonamouse on Nov 30, 2007 13:21:05 GMT -5
Apparently my email server is slower at posting new mail than some others, but I got the initial email (3 times). Still waiting on the one with attachments to complete. Of the cities listed, I only saw 2 of 8 that I had chosen. Both cities are in TX. Man did I luck out. Whew.
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Post by morgullord on Nov 30, 2007 13:22:42 GMT -5
I received an e-mail with the following list. This appears to be the list of hearing offices where there are vacancies to be filled:
Alabama Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Arkansas Fort Smith
Little Rock
California Fresno
San Jose
Los Angeles West
Sacramento
Downey
Delaware Dover
Florida Orlando
Fort Lauderdale
Tampa
Georgia Atlanta
Atlanta North
Macon
Illinois Orland Park
Peoria
Indiana Indianapolis
Evansville
Iowa West Des Moines
Kansas Wichita
Kentucky Louisville
Paducah
Louisiana New Orleans
Metairie
Shreveport
Alexandria
Michigan Grand Rapids
Flint
Oak Park
Minnesota Minneapolis
Mississippi Jackson
Hattiesburg
Tupelo
Missouri Creve Coeur
Springfield
Montana Billings
New Jersey Newark
New York Syracuse
Albany
New York
Queens
North Carolina Raleigh
Charlotte
North Dakota Fargo
Ohio Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Cleveland
Oklahoma Tulsa
Pennsylvania Johnstown
Wilkes Barre
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
South Carolina Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Tennessee Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Texas Houston
Fort Worth
Utah Salt Lake City
Washington Seattle
Spokane
West Virginia Charleston
Huntington
There are 68 hearing offices listed.
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Post by arlene25 on Nov 30, 2007 13:23:32 GMT -5
Yes, I meant to add good luck to those who are on the certificate. Be brilliant in the interview!!! I guess I was on the pity pot.
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Post by morgullord on Nov 30, 2007 13:24:55 GMT -5
If you have not yet received the "ALJ Inquiry..." e-mail from SSA and you think you should, look in the junk mail section of your e-mail program and check other e-mail addresses you might have used. A friend found hers in the junk mail folder for hotmail.
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Post by aljhunter on Nov 30, 2007 13:35:48 GMT -5
Does the letter from SSA appear also in everyone's file on applicationmanager.org? (Please tell me "no!" Otherwise, I fear that I am not on the dance card. . .)
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Post by kolekole on Nov 30, 2007 13:45:06 GMT -5
I received an e-mail with the following list. This appears to be the list of hearing offices where there are vacancies to be filled: Alabama Montgomery Birmingham Mobile Arkansas Fort Smith Little Rock California Fresno San Jose Los Angeles West Sacramento Downey Delaware Dover Florida Orlando Fort Lauderdale Tampa Georgia Atlanta Atlanta North Macon Illinois Orland Park Peoria Indiana Indianapolis Evansville Iowa West Des Moines Kansas Wichita Kentucky Louisville Paducah Louisiana New Orleans Metairie Shreveport Alexandria Michigan Grand Rapids Flint Oak Park Minnesota Minneapolis Mississippi Jackson Hattiesburg Tupelo Missouri Creve Coeur Springfield Montana Billings New Jersey Newark New York Syracuse Albany New York Queens North Carolina Raleigh Charlotte North Dakota Fargo Ohio Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Cleveland Oklahoma Tulsa Pennsylvania Johnstown Wilkes Barre Pittsburgh Harrisburg South Carolina Charleston Columbia Greenville Tennessee Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville Texas Houston Fort Worth Utah Salt Lake City Washington Seattle Spokane West Virginia Charleston Huntington There are 68 hearing offices listed. I assume that you left off Milwaukee, WI and Morgantown, WV inadvertently. If they weren't on your list, then your list is different than mine. |
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Post by tdtksbp on Nov 30, 2007 13:45:53 GMT -5
I too got the good news. I listed all locations. Just in case it helps some who think they should have gotten this, I had only a 61.53 score. At least we know they went that low on some of the locations.
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Post by kolekole on Nov 30, 2007 13:53:10 GMT -5
Does the letter from SSA appear also in everyone's file on applicationmanager.org? (Please tell me "no!" Otherwise, I fear that I am not on the dance card. . .) The only item I have on application manager is the FEAI times four. The SSA email only came to my office email. |
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Post by jagghagg on Nov 30, 2007 13:56:33 GMT -5
Does the letter from SSA appear also in everyone's file on applicationmanager.org? (Please tell me "no!" Otherwise, I fear that I am not on the dance card. . .) The only item I have on application manager is the FEAI times four. The SSA email only came to my office email. Same for me. I've only received the FEAI and none of the other documents which would require action from me. Except mine did not come in an application manager - it came by e-mail. (And, for what it is worth and with regard to ALJHunter's other thread, I'm considered a "high scorer.") So who knows ? |
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Post by kolekole on Nov 30, 2007 14:01:37 GMT -5
The only item I have on application manager is the FEAI times four. The SSA email only came to my office email. Same for me. I've only received the FEAI and none of the other documents which would require action from me. (And, for what it is worth and with regard to ALJHunter's other thread, I'm considered a "high scorer.") So who knows ? If your name is on the FEAI, I would assume that you are on the certificate. I know that during the OPM phase, I didn't receive at least one of the emails that others reported getting. I would clarify with the people listed on the SSA email. They respond pretty quickly: While we expect to have all successful candidates enter on duty during the spring of 2008, the exact dates have yet to be determined. If you have any questions, you may contact Ms. Pat Rocheford on 703-605-8448 (pat.rocheford@ssa.gov); Ms. Susan Martinelli on 703-605-8445 (susan.martinelli@ssa.gov); or our main telephone number of 703-605-8440. |
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Post by morgullord on Nov 30, 2007 14:41:04 GMT -5
Mea culpa, mea culpa, maximo mea culpa. The omission of Morgontown and Milwaukee was indeed inadvertent.
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Post by notafed on Nov 30, 2007 14:50:52 GMT -5
That's MorganTOWN...Home of West Virginia University, my alma mater, and currently ranked #2 college football team in America! Although, as students, we used to refer to the town as MorganHOLE. Food for thought if you are thinking of working there...  |
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Post by tootsie on Nov 30, 2007 15:26:23 GMT -5
It looks like they giving us all a chance to re-think our geographical preferences in light of our scores. Let me be the first to say: "mighty fair of them!" Of course, it may be that figuring out the top three by location became a logistical nightmare, as some on this board have suggested, and so the "sorting out" job has been left to SSA.
With my median score guess this weekend is a good time to hit the internet and figure out exactly which cities I really would go to!
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Post by specfive on Nov 30, 2007 15:59:28 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that everyone received the same list, and that the list contains ONLY those locations where there are current vacancies. I initially selected limited locations in NY and NJ. The FEAI lists NYC (Manhattan), Queens and Newark, NJ, which I selected. The FEAI does not list Brooklyn, Bronx, Voorhees, NJ or Camden, NJ, which I also selected, so I'm assuming that there are no vacancies there. I'm also speculating that if anyone selected only a location where there is no vacancy, then he or she will not get canvas letter, but I could be wrong.
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Post by morgullord on Nov 30, 2007 16:07:42 GMT -5
Is there a fairness question here? It appears that if you listed one of the cities on the FEAI list you can say yea or nay to any of them, regardless of what you previously indicated. However, if you did not list a city on the FEAI list, you do not get the opportunity to reconsider. That seems to me to be fundamentally unfair (I am on the cert so I am speaking against my own interest here) or else we are misinterpreting events. Could it be that this is an opportunity to subtract but not add cities? Any thoughts??
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Post by southerner on Nov 30, 2007 16:08:31 GMT -5
I think spective is right. The offices listed have openings (but how many?). Around 70 offices are listed with 150 judgeships, so vacancies could run from 1 to 3, 4? Who knoews at this point.
I am not so certain we will be able to change geographical preferences. That would seem to be unfair to those who were not contacted because they did not list a site referenced in the FEAI.
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