July 2014 Board Meeting
07/14/2014
The first session hosted Social Security Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) Linda Stagno and Dale Glendenning. The primary topic discussed was concern over the relationship between SSA management and ALJs and the union’s suggestions as to how the disability hearings process can be improved. Later that morning, the Board met with SSA Chief Actuary Steve Goss, Deputy Actuary Alice Wade, and Supervisory Actuary Karen Glenn. Mr. Goss and staff provided an update on the publication of the upcoming 2014 Trustees Report, and discussed some recent analysis of calculating retirement benefit replacement rates. In the early afternoon, the Board was joined by Mark Sarney and Kevin Whitman from SSA’s Office of Retirement Policy (ORP). In the final session, the Board met with IBM executives Dr. Jane Snowdon, Dr. Chris Codella, Townley Cozad, and consultant David Barnes. IBM representatives were invited to discuss IBM Watson, a cognitive computer system that learns and interacts naturally with people to extend what either humans or computer could do on their own.