Welcome to the Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel (OIDAP)

On December 9, 2008, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, established the Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The mission of the Panel is to provide independent advice and recommendations on plans and activities to replace the Dictionary of Occupational Titles currently used in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability determination process.

The Panel advises SSA on the creation of an occupational information system for disability programs and adjudicative needs.  Advice and recommendations relate to SSA’s disability programs in the following areas:

• Medical and vocational analysis of disability claims;
• Occupational analysis, including definitions, ratings and capture of physical and mental/cognitive demands of work and other occupational information critical to SSA disability programs;
• Data collection;
• Use of occupational information in SSA’s disability programs; and,
• Any other areas that enable SSA to develop an occupational information system suited to its disability programs and improve the medical-vocational adjudication policies and processes.