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Post by jagghagg on Apr 7, 2008 5:43:31 GMT -5
I find the disclosure of this information to be important and helpful. . . . I just cannot fathom any justification for the need for secrecy, and I have yet to hear any cogent rationale in its support, though I remain open to persuasion. Cybear, you know I love you like a brother - have great respect and hope to stay in touch, ....BUT.... what possible importance and help will/would the names of the selectees and where they are going be to you ? Truth be told, you will know the people with whom you go to class ( and I'm not one of them!!  ) and you may stay in touch with a third of those people when you don your own personal black robe. Their identity, at this point....heck, ....ever.....will be of no professional assistance to you in your endeavor to be the best ALJ the SSA has ever seen. ( And I do know you will be one of the best!) If individuals who are not yet officially employed by the SSA wish to remain anonymous, then they should be allowed to do so. A number of people with whom I correspond off the boards have chosen not to even reveal they have been selected or, if they got an offer, have declined to share where with the boards. I may not have made the same choice.... ( ok, I admit, I would have shouted it and you wouldn't have needed the board to know...) but it is their choice. If SSA publishes a list - and I doubt they will - for public consumption, I am pretty sure it will be on the board within 3 nanoseconds. I have to agree with Dr. Who. |
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Post by cybear on Apr 8, 2008 10:18:13 GMT -5
Jagg,
I should have learned long ago not to argue with you; however, since I learn slowly, suffice it to say that my feeling is that the default position regarding public employment is for disclosure versus non-disclosure. Although I (and apparently a number of our colleagues) feel that knowing with whom we will be serving is important, let's suppose that our motives are purely voyeuristic. I submit that why any of us might wish to know matters not. The question, I would submit, is one of whether or not the offer and acceptance of public employment is a public or private matter.
Having read some other posts since my March 24th post on this subject, I do understand that there are strong contrary feelings and even some compelling personal pleas for non-disclosure. I just believe that objections upon privacy grounds are misplaced.
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Post by lurker on Apr 8, 2008 16:27:30 GMT -5
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Post by southerner on Apr 10, 2008 9:20:15 GMT -5
Anyone with ideas as to how ALJ numbers are assigned? They did not appear to be done sequentially by alpha or region.
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Post by yankee on Apr 10, 2008 17:52:16 GMT -5
I'm guessing that the numbers are assigned by class and the anticipated swearing in dates -- the May class getting the lower numbers, followed by June, and then July.
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Post by counselor95 on Apr 10, 2008 20:54:01 GMT -5
I'm guessing that the numbers are assigned by class and the anticipated swearing in dates -- the May class getting the lower numbers, followed by June, and then July. In the very small sample with which I am familiar, this isn't the case. However, I don't have any other theory! |
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Post by testtaker on Apr 14, 2008 13:51:38 GMT -5
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Post by civilserpent on Apr 14, 2008 14:37:15 GMT -5
The list of 140 includes several transfers from Medicare back to ODAR.
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) and you may stay in touch with a third of those people when you don your own personal black robe. Their identity, at this point....heck, ....ever.....will be of no professional assistance to you in your endeavor to be the best ALJ the SSA has ever seen. (And I do know you will be one of the best!) If individuals who are not yet officially employed by the SSA wish to remain anonymous, then they should be allowed to do so. A number of people with whom I correspond off the boards have chosen not to even reveal they have been selected or, if they got an offer, have declined to share where with the boards. I may not have made the same choice.... (ok, I admit, I would have shouted it and you wouldn't have needed the board to know...) but it is their choice. If SSA publishes a list - and I doubt they will - for public consumption, I am pretty sure it will be on the board within 3 nanoseconds. 
