RESOURCES

Open Government Initiatives

Government wide

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• Data.gov
  • SSA's catalog at Data.gov
• Open Government Blog
• eRulemaking
• USAspending.gov
  • IT Dashboard for SSA

SSA

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• Evaluating Our Progress
• How we're organized
• Legislative and Congressional Affairs
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
• Data Quality Plan for Federal Spending Information
• Section 515 Information Quality Act

Reports

• Administrative Expenses
• Benefits Data from Budget
• Budget and Performance
• Exhibit 300s and Congressional Budget Justification for Budget Year 2010
• Financial Statements
• Hearing Office Locator Office of Disability Adjudicator and Review
• OIG Reports
• Performance and Accountability Report
• Strategic Plan
• The 2009 OASDI Trustees Report
• Trustees Report
• Data Inventory and Plan for Releasing High Value Data: Our approach for supporting data transparency and accountability
  

Statistics & Research

• Actuarial Resources
• Benefits Paid by Type of Beneficiaries
• Number of Social Security Beneficiaries
• Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis
• Social Security Beneficiary Data

Policies & Procedures

• Regulations.Gov
• SSA’s Program Operations Manual System
• Social Security Publications
• Accessibility Policy
• Records Management Program

News and Updates

• Open Gov plan ranks in the top 10
• Social Security in the Gov 2.0 age
• Press Releases
• Social Security Update

Claims Related Information

• The Appeals Process
• Apply for Disability Benefits
• Check the Status of Your Application
• Information about Social Security’s Hearings and Appeals Process
• Internet Appeal
• Social Security Information in Other Languages
• SSA Online Retirement Estimator

Open Government Team

SSA Datasets on Data.gov

Disability Program and Processing Information

• SSA State Agency Workload Data
• SSA Disability Claim Data
• Hearing Office Workload Data
• ALJ Disposition Data
• Hearing Office Average Processing Time Ranking Report
• Hearing Office Dispositions per ALJ per Day Rate Ranking Report
• NETSTAT Report
• Hearing Held In-Person or Via Video Conferencing

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reports

• 2008 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Annual Report
• 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Annual Report

Statistical and Survey Data

• National Beneficiary Survey (NBS) Round 1
• National Beneficiary Survey (NBS) Round 2
• National Beneficiary Survey (NBS) Round 3
• Benefits Data from the Benefits and Earnings Public Use File, 2004
• Earnings Data from the Benefits and Earnings Public Use File, 2004
• Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Public Use Microdata File, 2001 Data
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Public-Use Microdata File, 2001 Data
• Average Monthly Payments for Federally Administered SSI Payments, by State or Other Area, Eligibility Category, and Age, December 2008 (in dollars)
• Federally Administered SSI Payments by Type of Payment, Sex, Eligibility Category, and Age, December 2008
• Federally Administered SSI Payments, Recipients by State and Other Area, Eligibility Category, and Age, December 2008
• Average Monthly Social Security Benefits of Disabled Beneficiaries and Nondisabled Dependents by Basis of Entitlement, Age, and Sex, December 2008
• Number of Disabled Workers Receiving Social Security Benefits by Sex, State or Other Area, and Age, December 2008