Welcome to the Social Security Administration’s official blog. We established this blog for the purpose of sharing information about Social Security benefit programs and services, and related content. We encourage open discussion on these topics

Important: For your privacy and security, please do not post Personally Identifiable Information (such as your Social Security Number, address, phone number, email address, bank account number, or birthdate) on our blog.

Per our comment policy, we may remove comments if they include any of the following:

• Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and other Personally Identifiable Information;
• Off-topic or unrelated content;
• Threatening, defamatory, or obscene content;
• Hate speech content;
• Spam or undecipherable content (gratuitous links will be viewed as spam); and,
• Personal details about our employees. While we love to hear feedback, we want to respect our employees’ privacy. However, you may post about individual offices.

Please participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments. The Social Security Administration (SSA) does not endorse any external posts or links that appear on this site. We do not guarantee or warrant that the information posted by anyone other than SSA on this site is correct, and disclaim any liability for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on any such information. Our official agency responses will include the SSA logo and a blue background.

If you have specific questions regarding a Social Security program that involves details you do not wish to share publicly, you may contact Social Security through other channels. For security and privacy reasons, we cannot answer specific questions about a claim, benefit, or business situation through the blog. We do not communicate through email.  Inquiries will not be associated with an individual’s benefit claim, nor will they protect benefit filing dates or rights. To file a formal complaint with allegations about program discrimination by SSA, complete form SSA-437.

While social media is a 24/7 medium, our monitoring capabilities are not. We do our best to respond timely to comments and questions, but we only respond during Eastern Time zone business hours. The comments section for each blog article automatically closes 180 days after the article has published. Keep commenting, and thanks for joining the conversation.

You can report Social Security scams, or other Social Security fraud, via the OIG website.

Note: If you have questions or concerns about our Social Media Citizen Conduct and Commenting Policy, you can write to us at:

Social Security Administration
Office of Public Inquiries and Communications Support
1100 West High Rise
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235

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