Title: Social Security Administration
Acronym: SSA

Superintendent of Documents Class Number Stem: SSA

Local Subject Index:
Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Local Subject Term: Aging
Local Subject Term: Census of Population and Housing
Local Subject Term: Handicapped
Local Subject Term: Health
Local Subject Term: Health Care
Local Subject Term: Insurance, Social
Local Subject Term: Medicare
Local Subject Term: Physically Challenged
Local Subject Term: Public Welfare
Local Subject Term: Retirement
Local Subject Term: Senior Citizens
Local Subject Term: Social Security
Local Subject Term: Social Welfare

Abstract: The Social Security Administration administers the Federal retirement, survivors, disability, and health insurance programs for the aged, disadvantaged, and physically and mentally challenged. It is responsible for studying the problems of poverty, insecurity, and health care needs of those individuals and how they can be resolved through social insurance and related programs, and for making recommendations towards the most effective methods of improving social and economic security through social insurance. The Administration also assigns Social Security numbers and birth registration documents to U.S. citizens and maintains a record, for tax purposes, of reported earnings for each individual assigned a social security number.

Purpose: Selected publications of this and other United States government agencies are available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The index to the publications available through the FDLP is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT), which also includes ordering information for those publications available for sale. Many publications are available to the public in the approximately 1300 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. See also data in this record for Access Constraints and User Constraints, where such limitations on this agency's publications are appropriate.

Agency Program: The Social Security Administration was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective July 16, 1946. It was made an independent agency in the executive branch by the Social Security Independence and Program Improvement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 901), effective March 31, 1995.

Availability:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Publications Staff, Office of Research and Statistics, Social Security
Administration
Distributor Street Address: Room 209, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Distributor City: Washington, D.C
. Distributor Zip Code: 20008
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Telephone: 202-282-7138
Distributor Fax:

Access Constraints: No access constraints apply to information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some access constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the information resource.

Use Constraints: No constraints apply to the use of information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some use constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Monthly Catalog of United States
Government Publications
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: SSA Home Page
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.ssa.gov
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Government Information Locator Service
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/gils.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Point of Contact for Further Information:
Organization: Office of Public Inquiries,
Social Security Administration
Street Address: 6401 Security Boulevard
City: Baltimore
State: MD
Zip Code: 21235
Network Address:
Telephone: 401-965-7700

Supplemental Information: Source of information for Local Subject Index is Subject Bibliography Index. Most of the other information in this record is extracted from the U.S. Government Manual.

Control Identifier: GPO/SOD/LPS-0013

Record Source:
Department/Agency Name: United States Government Printing Office
Major Organizational Subdivision: Superintendent of Documents
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Library Programs Service
Name of Unit: Cataloging Branch
Internet Contact: dldgpo@access.digex.net
Telephone: 202-512-1141

Date of Last Modification: 19960207