Predecessor to the Advisory Board, the 1994-1996 Advisory Council studied administrative, entitlement and financial issues and reported its recommendations to Congress and the President.

Discusses administrative issues concerning Social Security hearings and appeals.

Council of Social Security Administration employees. Promotes advancement of minorities within SSA, and community outreach for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits.

CBO reports and testimony on Social Security.

Answers to FAQs about numbers, retirement, survivor, and disability benefits, Medicare and SSI. From Social Security's senior public affairs specialist.

GAO reports on Social Security. Click on Federal Agency Issues, then select Social Security Administration from the pull-down menu.

The evolution and history of Social Security in the United States, from Thomas Paine to FDR to the present.

Congress decides changes in Social Security law. Testimony and other information about Social Security benefits, taxes, reform.

Information about Social Security numbers, cards, taxes and benefits. Tailored to the concerns of newly arrived immigrants.

Information for beneficiaries outside the USA, on international Social Security agreements, and on Social Security in other countries.

Forum for social security institutions throughout the world. Interested in the appropriate development of social insurance, strengthening social security programs.

Addresses and information about Social Security's 1300 field offices.

Professional organization for state and federal employees who make disability determinations for the Social Security Administration.

Information for federal, state, and local government agencies concerning Social Security coverage, tax policy and benefits for government employees.

Staffing, recruiting, and other administrative issues at the Social Security Administration.

Official web site of Social Security's Office of Hearings and Appeals: hearings and appeals council reviews on retirement, disability, survivors and Supplemental Security Income issues.

Editors, reporters and other media representatives: this is the official web site of SSA's Press Office. Contacts' names and numbers.

The Senate Finance Committee's subcommittee on Social Security is responsible for legislation concerning Social Security benefits, taxes and coverage.

Social Security retirement, disability and survivors benefits and Supplemental Security Income.

The Death Master File from the Social Security Administration contains 65 million records of deaths reported to SSA.

Reports about Social Security-related scams, abuse, fraud. Studies SSA's stewardship of our tax dollars. How and where to report fraud.

Bipartisan government board advises Congress and the President about disability decisions, appeals, and other administrative problems at SSA.

How to apply for a Social Security number, or for a replacement for a lost card. How to change your name on Social Security's records. Other FAQs about numbers and cards.

Apply for benefits, request a Social Security Statement, request a duplicate Medicare card--all online. More e-services added regularly.

How much do you know about Social Security? Take this quiz and find out.

Assists people who have worked in the United States, but now live in other countries. Help in applying for U.S. Social Security benefits, signing up for direct deposit, and reporting changes.

SSA's Regional Office in Atlanta serves these Southeastern United States: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.

SSA's Regional Office in Boston serves these New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

SSA's Regional Office in Chicago serves these Great Lake states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

SSA's Regional Office in Dallas serves the Southwest: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

SSA's Regional Office in Denver serves these Rocky Mountain states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.

SSA's Regional Office in Kansas City serves these Mid-American states: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

SSA's Regional Office in New York City serves the Northeastern states of New York and New Jersey plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

SSA's Regional Office in Philadelphia serves the Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia plus the District of Columbia.

SSA's Regional Office in San Francisco serves the Western states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii plus Guam, Saipan and American Samoa.

SSA's Regional Office in Seattle serves the Great Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Social Security Division: staffed with 29 Foreign Service officers, configured like a U.S. Social Security office, provides services to Filipinos who have worked under the U.S. Social Security system.

File your W-2s electronically. Employers send W-2s to Social Security. Not to the IRS. Filing instructions for paper, magnetic media, and online filers.