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Social Security Administration Data for Direct Deposit Applications filed via the Internet Download CSV file Download XLSX file

The goal of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to improve core services provided to the public and provide alternative methods for conducting business with the agency. In support of this goal, SSA provides a wide range of Internet services to allow the public to conduct business via this widely used medium. For example, SSA offers members of the public who receive benefits the opportunity to change or establish direct deposit information via the Internet. Over the past 4 years, our direct deposit workload has grown and so has the use of the online application.  Our goal is to make it easier and faster for individuals to change or establish direct deposit information via the Internet from the comfort and convenience of their homes or offices.

A dataset containing fiscal year data from 2008 onwards can be downloaded from:

Index:
Agency Program Description
Data Set Description
Data Collection Description
Technical Documentation - see Data Set Description
Data Dictionary
Bibliographic Citation– none at this time
Change History– none at this time

Agency Program Description

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers a number of online applications that provide beneficiaries an alternative to visiting the office. In order to use the online start or change direct deposit application, a beneficiary must be living at and moving to an address in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.  The changes are sent to a database and updated to the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR).

Dataset Description

This dataset provides monthly volumes at the national level from federal fiscal year 2008 onwards for Internet Direct Deposit applications.

Federal Fiscal Year Field A
Month(by District Office Workload Report Month) Field B
Internet Social Security Medicare Replacement Card Applications Field C
Comments Field D

The dataset includes only Internet Direct Deposit transactions. It should be noted that, in addition to using our online Direct Deposit application, the public might also call our 800 number, visit a field office, or request a change of direct deposit by mail. This data set pertains only to the online alternative.

Data Collection Description

We get internet front-end activity counts from SSA's Online Start or Change of Direct Deposit Application. We capture the transactions when public users access the application. We store the transactions nightly in the Electronic Services Operational Data Store (ODS). The next day we take the data from the ODS and store it in the Data Warehouse.

Data Dictionary

Field A: Federal Fiscal Year, a federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.
Field B: (by District Office Workload Reporting Month), the reporting Month indicates the month the data was produced. Reporting months are administratively set reporting periods and do not necessarily correspond exactly to calendar months.
Field C: Internet Social Security Direct Deposit Applications, indicates the number of direct deposit applications submitted via the Internet.
Field D: Comments, includes information about a particular month’s data collection and/or reporting.