TN 2 (02-20)

GN 03316.145 Disclosure Without Consent for Requests for Professional Fee Information

A. Disclosure policy

Under the Freedom of Information Act, we may disclose the following information to any requester:

  • the aggregate amounts of professional fees (not individual fees) authorized by SSA to be paid to attorneys or other persons for representing individuals before the Social Security Administrative Law Judges;

  • the amount of payments to third parties such as vocational experts, medical experts, consultative physicians, and translators; and

  • the number of separate cases represented by those fee totals.

IMPORTANT: We cannot disclose information that would let the requester associate information with specific persons for whom services were rendered.

EXAMPLE: Do not disclose (except to the parties involved) the fees authorized for handling a specific case, since this would disclose the identity of the attorney's client and the amount of the fee.

B. Procedure for processing fee requests

Send these requests to the Office of the General Counsel, Office of Privacy and Disclosure unless the Office of Earnings and International Operations receives them.


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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0203316145
GN 03316.145 - Disclosure Without Consent for Requests for Professional Fee Information - 02/06/2020
Batch run: 02/06/2020
Rev:02/06/2020