The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires each Federal agency to publish a notice in the Federal Register of each system of records which it maintains. (NOTE: A system of records is any grouping of information about an individual under the control of a Federal agency from which information is retrieved by the name, Social Security number, or some other personal identifier.) This publication contains a notice of each system of records (and related appendices) which the Social Security Administration maintains as of August 31, 1994. Each of the system of records contained in this publication has been published in the Federal Register as required by the Privacy Act.
The notices and appendices have been updated to include changes which have been published in the Federal Register since the previous publication of June 1988 was issued as well as general housekeeping revisions which have been made.
Among other things, each notice describes the categories of individuals and records which are covered by the system of records, identifies the SSA official who is responsible for the particular system of records and provides instructions individuals should follow to determine if a system of records contains a record about them and how they can obtain a copy of any such record. You should direct any questions concerning this publication as follows:
SSA Privacy Officer
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235[Editor's Note: This volume contains some corrected references that were not included in the paper version]