A CBS News Story is planned for Monday January 14, 2008 and Tuesday January 15, 2008 regarding the Social Security Disability backlogs throughout the country.
More judges have been hired for local offices and judges have been hired to work out of a central office in Virginia to hold video hearings for claimants from all over.
The question remains whether Social Security can hire enough front line workers to prepare the files for hearing and the new judges.