As I said above...Yes, they are deciding cases at the hearing level but you won't get a decision letter nor can you be sent to the next level to get an award because the actual people who write the...
I just got off the phone with the ODAR. If you don't have a hearing scheduled already then you won't be getting one scheduled until this is over. If you have one scheduled, you will still have it on...
This link will help answer some of your questions...It's not completely clear but does tell what's going to work and whats not going to work during the shut down...Hope it helps:...