Social Security Administration

The **United States Social Security Administration** (**SSA**) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is in charge of Social Security, a social insurance program for people living in retirement, with a disability or are survivor benefits.

The Social Security Administration was created by the Social Security Act of 1935. It was created in 1935 as the "Social Security Board".

Its current leader is Commissioner Frank Bisignano.

## List of SSA Commissioners

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## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: Social Security Administration
- **seal**: US-SocialSecurityAdmin-Seal.svg
- **seal size**: 150
- **seal caption**: Seal (emblem), Seal
- **logo**: Flag of the United States Social Security Administration.svg
- **logo caption**: Flag
- **jurisdiction**: Federal government of the United States
- **headquarters**: Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, Woodlawn, Maryland, U.S.
- **employees**: 60,000
- **budget**: $1.3 trillion (FY 2022)
- **chief1 name**: Frank Bisignano
- **chief1 position**: Commissioner