# Making Permanent the Attorney Advisor Program
> **US Social Security Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2018-08-15 · Effective 2018-08-15 · 83 FR 40451
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-17547
- **Category:** ssa-other
- **Agency:** US Social Security Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 40451
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 404
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-15
- **Effective date:** 2018-08-15
- **Docket:** Docket No. SSA-2018-0033
## Abstract

We are making permanent the attorney advisor program, which has proved to be an integral tool in providing timely decisions to the public while maximizing the use of our administrative law judges (ALJs). The attorney advisor initiative permits some attorney advisors to develop claims, including holding prehearing conferences, and, in cases in which the documentary record clearly establishes that a fully favorable decision is warranted, issue fully favorable decisions before a hearing is conducted. We expect that by making the attorney advisor program permanent, we will be able to continue to reduce the number of pending claims at the hearing level of our administrative review process and provide more timely service to claimants.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/15/2018-17547/making-permanent-the-attorney-advisor-program)
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