1. About Social Security Administration

    The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established by a law currently codified at 42|901. Its current commissioner is Michael J. Astrue, who was sworn in on February 12, 2007 and whose 6-year term expires on January 19, 2013. The SSA manages the United States' social insurance program, consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. To qualify for these benefits, most American workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; future benefits are based on the employees' contributions.

    SSA is headquartered in Woodlawn, Maryland, just to the west of Baltimore, at what is known as Central Office. The administration includes 10 regional offices, 8 processing centers, approximately 1300 field offices, and 37 Teleservice Centers. As of 2007, about 62,000 people were employed by the SSA.

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    2. Social Security Buys Land for Data Center

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      Social Security Buys Land for Data Center The Social Security Administration (SSA) has bought property in Frederick County, Maryland for a new data center project, apparently e... (Read Full Article)

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    3. Tornado Risk Seen for Social Security Project

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      Tornado Risk Seen for Social Security Project ...aises a question: Should data centers be engineered to survive stronger wind storms? Curiously, the Social Security Administration has moved in the other direction. The SSA has elected to build its new $800 million data center to ... (Read Full Article)

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    4. Social Security Works to Avert Data Center Failure

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 22 2011)

      Social Security Works to Avert Data Center Failure A $500 million project to build a new data center for the Social Security Administration is year behind schedule, and won't be ready until 2016. Meanwhile, the agency is trying to extend t... (Read Full Article)

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