Social Security

New my Social Security services make it even easier to do your Social Security business online!

Posted: January 11, 2013

my Social Security offers a secure and convenient way to access valuable personalized Social Security information, whether you’ve been working and paying Social Security taxes or are already receiving Social Security benefits.  Go to www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to create your account or sign in if you've already created one. If you don't get benefits yet, you can view your Social Security Statement at any time to get personalized estimates of your retirement, disability, and survivor benefits; your earnings record; and the estimated Social Security and Medicare taxes you've paid. If you are already getting benefits, creating a my Social Security account will allow you to get your benefit verification letter; check your benefit and payment information and your earnings record; change your address and phone number; and start or change your direct deposit.

Learn more about these new services at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.

Social Security Announces New Online Services Available with a my Social Security Account

Posted: January 7, 2013

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the agency is expanding the services available with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits.  More than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients can now access their benefit verification letter, payment history, and earnings record instantly using their online account.  Social Security beneficiaries also can change their address and start or change direct deposit information online.

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Social Security’s Ticket to Work program webinar

Posted: January 8, 2013

Social Security's Ticket to Work program supports career development for people with disabilities who are preparing to work. The Ticket program is free and voluntary and offers beneficiaries with disabilities access to employment.

To find out if returning to work is right for you, and learn about tools to help you find and keep a job, watch our webinar, "Finding Your Way: Online Tools and Tips for Your Journey to Self-Sufficiency," on January 9, 2013 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST.

Register for this free web event.

Social Security Inspector General Publishes Fall Report to Congress

Posted: January 2, 2013

The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General (IG) recently published its Fall Semiannual Report to Congress, which covers the period April 1, 2012, through September 30, 2012.  The report includes the organization's most significant audit, investigative, and legal accomplishments.  You can view a PDF of the report at SSA/OIG Fall Semiannual Report to Congress. We invite you to share your thoughts about the “look and feel” of this report by taking the IG's short survey. Semiannual Report Feedback Survey.