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    <AgencyName>Social Security Administration</AgencyName>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov</WebAddress>
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        <Address>6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235</Address>
        <Phone>410-965-1234</Phone>
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          <Footer>[For the Social Security Administration statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 20, Part 422]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Carolyn W. Colvin</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James A. Kissko</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Katherine A. Thornton</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Karena L. Kilgore</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Stephen C. Goss</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Douglas K. Walker</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Peter D. Spencer</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Glenn E. Sklar</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Reginald F. Wells</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Scott L. Frey</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nancy A. Berryhill</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Marianna LaCanfora, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>William B. Zielinski</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>David F. Black</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Patrick P. O'Carroll</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Ruby D. Burrell</NameColumnValue>
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        <Paragraph MissionStatmentId="121" SortOrder="1">The Social Security Administration manages the retirement, survivors, and disability insurance programs that are known as Social Security; it administers the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged, blind, and disabled; and it assigns Social Security numbers to U.S. citizens and maintains earnings records based on those numbers.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Social Security Administration (SSA) was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective July 16, 1946. It became an independent agency in the executive branch by the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 901), effective March 31, 1995.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The SSA is headed by a Commissioner, whom the President appoints with the advice and consent of the Senate.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>By law, the Deputy Commissioner assists in administering the programs necessary to accomplish the Administration's mission. The Deputy Commissioner performs duties that the Commissioner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, General Counsel, Chief Actuary, and Inspector General assign or delegate to him or her.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The agency administers social insurance programs that provide monthly benefits to retired and disabled workers, to their spouses and children, and to survivors of insured workers. Financing is under a system of contributory social insurance, whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions that are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings stop or decrease because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled, monthly cash benefits are paid to supplement the family's reduced income.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Supplemental Security Income</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/disabilityssi/ssi.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The SSA administers this needs-based program for the aged, blind, and disabled. A basic Federal monthly payment is financed by general revenue, rather than from a special trust fund. Some States, choosing to provide payments to supplement the benefits, have agreements with the Administration under which it administers the supplemental payments for those States.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Medicare</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/medicare/</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>While the administration of Medicare is the responsibility of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, SSA provides Medicare assistance to the public through SSA field offices and call centers. It adjudicates requests for hearings and appeals of Medicare claims.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Black Lung</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>By agreement with the Department of Labor, the SSA assists in the administration of the black lung benefits provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended (30 U.S.C. 901).</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Regional Offices</Heading>
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                <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/agency/contact/</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Administration's operations are decentralized to provide services at the local level. Each of the 10 SSA regions, under the overall direction of its regional commissioner, contains a network of field offices and call centers. These offices and centers provide liaison between the SSA and public. The Administration operates over 1,250 field offices, 35 Teleservice centers, 14 Social Security card centers, 6 processing centers, and its Office of Central Operations. These centers are responsible for informing the public of the purposes and provisions of Social Security programs and their rights and responsibilities; assisting with claims filed for retirement, survivors, disability, or health insurance benefits, black lung benefits, or Supplemental Security Income; developing and adjudicating claims; assisting certain beneficiaries in claiming reimbursement for medical expenses; developing cases involving earnings records, coverage, and fraud-related questions; making rehabilitation service referrals; and assisting claimants in filing appeals on SSA determinations of benefit entitlement or amount.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Hearing Offices</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Social Security Administration. Phone, 800-772-1213. TTY, 800-325-0778.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/appeals/about_odar.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>SSA also administers a nationwide hearings and appeals program that provides a mechanism for individuals dissatisfied with determinations affecting their rights to and amounts of benefits or their participation in programs under the Social Security Act. The act allows for administrative appeals of these determinations in accordance with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure and Social Security Acts. SSA has approximately 168 hearing offices located in the 10 SSA regions.</Paragraph>
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        <Paragraph>Address correspondence on the following subjects to the appropriate office, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oag/</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Contracts and Small Business Activities</Header>
        <Paragraph>Contact the Office of Acquisitions and Grants. Phone, 410-965-7467.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Electronic Access</Header>
        <Paragraph>Information regarding the Social Security Administration may be obtained through the Internet at www.socialsecurity.gov.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/careers/</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Employment</Header>
        <Paragraph>Current job openings are posted on the Federal Government's free web-based job board at https://www.usajobs.gov/. For information on careers with the Social Security Administration, use the link below.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>General Information</Header>
        <Paragraph>The Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Operations manages SSA's toll-free public service telephone. Phone, 800-772-1213. TTY, 800-325-0778.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>https://www.socialsecurity.gov/fraudreport/oig/public_fraud_reporting/</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Inspector General</Header>
        <Paragraph>The Office of the Inspector General has a toll-free hotline for reporting abuse, fraud, and waste. The hotline operates between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern standard time (phone, 800-269-0271; TTY, 866-501-2101). Persons may submit allegations by fax at 410-597-0118, or by mail to Social Security Fraud Hotline, P.O. Box 17785, Baltimore, MD 21235-7768. An online form is also available for reporting allegations.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Publications</Header>
        <Paragraph>The Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality, and Management and the Office of Media Management, publish numerous pamphlets on SSA programs. The Administration also collects a large volume of economic, demographic, and other data in furtherance of its program mission. Basic data on employment, payments, and other items of program interest are published regularly in the "Social Security Bulletin," its "Annual Statistical Supplement," and in special releases and reports on selected topics of public interest. Single copies may be obtained at any local office or by calling 800-772-1213. Requests for bulk orders of publications should be sent to the Social Security Administration, Center for Forms, Publications and Postal Policy, 1300 Annex Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401. Over 150 publications in English, Spanish, and other languages are available on the SSA's Web site.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Speakers and Films</Header>
        <Paragraph>Public or private groups and organizations can request SSA speakers, films, and exhibits. These resources are available nationwide, and requests should be directed to a local Social Security office.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of Public Inquiries, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Windsor Park Building, Baltimore, MD 21235. Phone, 410-965-0707.</Footer>
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