We do not want to have that again because every one of these cases is $300,000 to the Federal taxpayer.
So is the assumption that individuals then would say, 'I do not want to do the video conference,' and at that point they...
So either way it is a really bad situation for them.
I would expect for these administrative judges you are talking about that very few would have representation with them.
Because, by the way, in the Federal Government, it is hard to find anything temporary.
Do you have enough in the pool from what OPM is sending you?
We cannot hire enough qualified ALJs to be able to actually hit the backlog numbers that we need.
This is about the number of qualified people coming in the process.
Yet, the agency has been unable to hire sufficient numbers of approved ALJs to tackle the rising backlog of cases--a bac...
We are talking about, I think, a significant exposure for a class action suit once it is all said and done.
Thank you, Mr. Kennedy. Thank you to all of our witnesses for their testimony today.