Office Of Hearings And Appeals
The oha is headed by the chief administrative law judge who supervises the judges and the professional and administrative support staffs.
Office of hearings and appeals. Within the office of analytics review and oversight oaro the appeals council considers appeals from hearing decisions and acts as the final level of administrative review for the agency. The national appeals division nad the office of administrative law judges oalj and the office of the judicial officer ojo. Oha s mission is to plan coordinate and provide administrative support for nad oalj and ojo.
If you need assistance please contact the office of hearings and appeals at 202 245 8300 or email us at ofo oha ed gov and leave your name telephone number and a short message and a staff member will contact you as soon as possible. Each administrative judge and each administrative law judge is appointed by the hud secretary as an officer of the united states. The office of hearings and appeals oha of the united states department of agriculture is comprised of three offices.
The hud office of hearings and appeals oha is an independent judicial office within the office of the secretary. Oha provides an impartial forum for parties who are affected by the decisions of the department s bureaus and offices to obtain independent review of those decisions. The office of hearings and appeals oha is an independent office of the small business administration sba established in 1983 to provide an independent quasi judicial appeal of certain sba program decisions.
Ssa issues more than half a million hearing and appeal dispositions each year. Under the office of hearings operations oho administrative law judges alj conduct hearings and issue decisions.