You can find everything from White House policy actions to small business resources to Supreme Court decisions. If you have no idea what department has the information you seek, you should start at FedWorld. A service provided by Villanova University's Center for Information Law and Policy, the Federal Web Locator comes pretty close to being a one-stop shop for federal information. You can run Boolean searches by key word, browse through a list of recently added sites, or follow the links on the home page to major federal sites. This site has 5,000-plus pages, some of them available in Spanish, about Social Security, including Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, privacy, appeals, disability benefits, retirement, and survivors.
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However, you can type in your Zip code and get a page with information on the nearest Social Security office, including its phone number, operating hours, and address, and a map to guide you to it. You can also bone up on Social Security's past and follow the raging debate about its future. America's Job Bank provides details about thousands of federal job openings around the country. Be sure to enroll for e-mail notification of available jobs. Both of these sites let you search by region, job description, GS level, and other criteria, which saves you from poring through the three-ring binders at your local federal building.