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Post by bowser on Aug 26, 2020 10:42:28 GMT -5
I'm not looking forward to learning how to conduct video hrgs from home, not am I sanguine that it will be as wonderful as TPTB claim. I would like the option of conducting video (and telephone) hrgs from the office. I do not see any reasonable objection/impediment
But, as noted above, so long as the paychecks keep coming...
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Post by pumpkin on Aug 26, 2020 17:21:47 GMT -5
I’m looking forward to video hearings from home.
I’m glad we have a little lead time. Teleworking wardrobe has gotten more sketch with each passing month. I’m going to get my powdered wig ordered to cover the COVID ‘do and find a place online that makes short waist-length robes.
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Post by christina on Aug 26, 2020 17:31:36 GMT -5
I’m looking forward to video hearings from home. I’m glad we have a little lead time. Teleworking wardrobe has gotten more sketch with each passing month. I’m going to get my powdered wig ordered to cover the COVID ‘do and find a place online that makes short waist-length robes. ❤️ |
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Post by hamster on Aug 26, 2020 17:54:39 GMT -5
I’ll have to find my hairbrush. I haven’t seen it in six months. And razor, I s’pose. The sacrifices one makes in the name of Public Service!
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Post by nylawyer on Aug 26, 2020 18:58:39 GMT -5
So I'll be doing video hearings, my spouse will be working through Zoom, my kids will be attending school through Zoom...should go great!  Hope you have good internet. Although if this video program is all that data intensive the poor little hamster who powers my laptop is going to collapse. |
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Post by shoocat on Aug 26, 2020 19:24:44 GMT -5
Random thought, unrelated to anything, I wonder why morale is so low at SSA? Maybe, just maybe, could it be because we are the last to know anything about the issues that directly affect our work? Nah, that can't be it. You can't possibly. mean that everyone but the judges who will conduct the video hearings was told that video hearings were in the works? Pisses me off that they told reps without even bothering to tell us. |
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Post by ssaogc on Aug 26, 2020 19:55:34 GMT -5
Random thought, unrelated to anything, I wonder why morale is so low at SSA? Maybe, just maybe, could it be because we are the last to know anything about the issues that directly affect our work? Nah, that can't be it. You can't possibly. mean that everyone but the judges who will conduct the video hearings was told that video hearings were in the works? Pisses me off that they told reps without even bothering to tell us. Very crappy thing to do. And when the word got out the DC sent a memo to ALL OHO employees although it had already consulted with other unions And The Reps organization. Perhaps they should write regulations allowing the reps to tell us which cases to pay and which to deny. DCALJ also sent out an email Right after DC expounding how great the new technology is. Hey great leadership. Thanks for telling us but I get better and more timely gouge from Hall’s SSA Blog. TPTB seem to really believe we, ALJs, undermine the agency mission thanks to that dreaded APA. |
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Post by hamster on Aug 26, 2020 20:56:39 GMT -5
ssaogc: Your use of the word “gouge” brought up many unhappy memories! Thankfully, I have not heard that word since I retired after 20 years on active-duty some time back. No more PME for me, thankyouverymuch!
Respectfully, Hamster
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Post by ssaogc on Aug 28, 2020 14:00:13 GMT -5
ssaogc: Your use of the word “gouge” brought up many unhappy memories! Thankfully, I have not heard that word since I retired after 20 years on active-duty some time back. No more PME for me, thankyouverymuch! Respectfully, Hamster Hamster, wanted to let you know the pme site is still up in case you want some purples for old times sake: allpme.com |
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Post by hamster on Aug 28, 2020 20:27:21 GMT -5
ssaogc: Your use of the word “gouge” brought up many unhappy memories! Thankfully, I have not heard that word since I retired after 20 years on active-duty some time back. No more PME for me, thankyouverymuch! Respectfully, Hamster Hamster, wanted to let you know the pme site is still up in case you want some purples for old times sake: allpme.comI’ll pass, thanks. Although before I sign any decision, I always ask myself, “What would Sun Tzu do?” I think you should strongly consider applying for a HOCALJ or RCALJ position! Best, and Aim High! H |
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Post by SPN Lifer on Aug 30, 2020 12:13:31 GMT -5
ssaogc: Your use of the word “gouge” brought up many unhappy memories! Thankfully, I have not heard that word since I retired after 20 years on active-duty some time back. No more PME for me, thankyouverymuch! Respectfully, Hamster The term “gouge” is also used in the Navy. Here is one definition: Gouge: The inside scoop, the skinny, the low-down. Only the information one needs to know in a given situation, with nothing else to waste one's time. Some black shoes say "Live by the gouge, die by the gouge." Aviators say "Live by the gouge, excel by the gouge." en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_U.S._Navy_slang |
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Post by ssaogc on Aug 30, 2020 18:18:31 GMT -5
Hamster, wanted to let you know the pme site is still up in case you want some purples for old times sake: allpme.comI’ll pass, thanks. Although before I sign any decision, I always ask myself, “What would Sun Tzu do?” I think you should strongly consider applying for a HOCALJ or RCALJ position! Best, and Aim High! H Thanks, but I am now with the US Space Force! HOCALJ is at tactical level and RCALJ is at operational level. As a spaceman I need to be at Strategic Level and need to carry luggage and water for DC Terri Gruber Best, and Always Above! |
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Post by nylawyer on Aug 31, 2020 14:45:18 GMT -5
It appears no show dismissals are back.
Presumably unrelated to the end of FY 2020.
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Post by tripper on Aug 31, 2020 21:21:21 GMT -5
It appears no show dismissals are back. Presumably unrelated to the end of FY 2020. Can NTSC be sent on hearings scheduled in the last months or only going forward? Too late to look up the emails from today. |
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Post by nylawyer on Sept 1, 2020 5:43:28 GMT -5
It appears no show dismissals are back. Presumably unrelated to the end of FY 2020. Can NTSC be sent on hearings scheduled in the last months or only going forward? Too late to look up the emails from today. It appeared to me that you could send the NTSC on previously missed hearings. But, if your office is like mine, most of those are already back on the schedule. |
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Post by tripper on Sept 1, 2020 7:19:13 GMT -5
Can NTSC be sent on hearings scheduled in the last months or only going forward? Too late to look up the emails from today. It appeared to me that you could send the NTSC on previously missed hearings. But, if your office is like mine, most of those are already back on the schedule. You are right. I have a ton of them rescheduled in October. |
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Post by nylawyer on Sept 1, 2020 7:35:27 GMT -5
So, if they have already been noticed, is it really appropriate to now send the show cause? I lean towards no (but if told to do otherwise I will certainly comply).
But, even if we did that- sure that would mean a big batch of dispositions before the end of the FY, but as you pointed out, those cases are currently occupying hearing slots that will then likely remain empty (although, of course, for all purposes other than metrics, those slots are pretty much empty now).
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Post by Legal Beagle on Sept 2, 2020 17:51:57 GMT -5
"Yep they will dump all their dogs on you."
Um . . . I prefer to call them pigs with or with out lipstick, please.
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Post by nylawyer on Sept 9, 2020 1:52:40 GMT -5
Our office was told that beginning in November (editted- originally wrote March) the ALJs' hearing schedule had to line up with hearing room capacity.
So, it would appear that returning to the office is at least being considered.
November is also what we had heard for when we would be able to start doing video hearings. So, maybe those video hearings won't be from home after all.
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Post by okthen on Sept 9, 2020 6:55:50 GMT -5
Our office was told that beginning in March the ALJs' hearing schedule had to line up with hearing room capacity. So, it would appear that returning to the office is at least being considered. November is also what we had heard for when we would be able to start doing video hearings. So, maybe those video hearings won't be from home after all. Probably just preparing, in case. TPTB may not say it publicly, but like many businesses with the ability to work remotely, I do not foresee being back in the office in any real capacity until 1) vaccine is available, and 2) it is widely available to the public at large. Best case scenario for that looks to be mid-2021 at this point. |
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