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SSA RIN: 0960-AE97 Publication ID: Spring 2004 
Title: OASDI and SSI; Administrative Review Process; Video Teleconferencing Appearances Before Administrative Law Judges of the Social Security Administration (737F) 
Abstract: These final rules consider and respond to public comments received on final rules with request for comment that we published on February 3, 2003, to authorize us to conduct hearings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at which a party or parties to the hearing and/or a witness or witnesses may appear before the ALJ by video teleconference (VTC). The final rules with request for comment provide that if we schedule a hearing as one at which a party would appear by VTC, rather than in person, and the party objects to use of that procedure, we will reschedule the hearing as one at which the party may appear in person. We requested public comment on the final rules of February 3, 2003, because they made a significant change in a provision included in our notice of proposed rulemaking for these rules. Unlike the proposed rules, which would have given claimants the right to veto the use of VTC to take their own testimony and the testimony of expert witnesses, the final rules with request for comment give claimants the right to veto the use of VTC only for the purpose of taking their own testimony. 
Agency: Social Security Administration(SSA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.929    20 CFR 404.936    20 CFR 404.938    20 CFR 404.950    20 CFR 416.1429    20 CFR 416.1436    20 CFR 416.1438    20 CFR 416.1450   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 205(a)    42 USC 205(b)    42 USC 902(a)(5)    42 USC 1383   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/05/2001  66 FR 1059   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/06/2001    
Final Rule with Request for Comment  02/03/2003  68 FR 5210   
Final Rule Effective  03/05/2003    
Final Rule  12/11/2003  68 FR 69003   
Final Rule Effective  03/05/2003  68 FR 69003   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
Related RINs: Previously reported as 0960-AA05 
Agency Contact:
Robert J. Augustine
Social Insurance Specialist
Social Security Administration
Office of Regulations, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone:410 965-0020