Social Security to Open New Hearing Offices

Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue announced at a congressional hearing on March 24, 2009, that plans are in the works to open ten new hearing offices in an effort to reduce the disability backlog. The new locations will be:

• St. Petersburg, FL
• Tallahassee, FL
• Atlanta South, GA (Covington)
• Topeka, KS
• Livonia, MI
• Mt. Pleasant, MI
• Fayetteville, NC
• Akron, OH
• Toledo, OH
• Madison, WI

Three new National Hearing Centers will also open in the following locations:

• Albuquerque, NM
• Chicago, IL
• Baltimore, MD

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