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GAO-08-455R 1 (2008-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwsy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA0 T 1 Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-311018 January 31, 2008 The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Charles B. Rangel Chairman The Honorable Jim McCrery Ranking Minority Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Social Security Administration: Suspension of New Claims to the Federal Reviewing Official Review Level Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Social Security Administration (SSA), entitled Suspension of New Claims to the Federal Reviewing Official Review Level (RIN: 0960-AG53). We received the rule on January 23, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on January 15, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 2411. The final rule suspends the transfer of new disability claims to the Office of the Federal Reviewing Official (OFedRO). Claims transferred to OFedRO before the effective date of the final rule will be processed by OFedRO and a related component, the Office of Medical and Vocational Expertise (OMVE). SSA will evaluate OFedRO and OMVE through processing the claims already received. States where the OFedRO and OMVE are currently functioning will return to the reconsideration process they were following prior to the August 2006 rule that created OFedRO. The final rule has an announced effective date of March 15, 2008. The Congressional Review Act requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The rule was published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2008, but was not received by this office until January 23, 2008. Therefore, the final rule does not have the required 60-day delay in its effective date. GAO-08-455R

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