Financial projections for Social Security Trust Fund to 2023.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Presents baseline budget projections for federal government revenues and outlays  and changes to the projections since February 2013.  Predicts the federal budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion or 4% of GDP.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Once again Jacob and Sophia are the winners.  You can also see the top names by year and how the popularity of names has changed over the years.  From the Social Security Administration

Examines why disability rolls have grown by 196% since 1980 and provides an overview of proposals designed to reduce the rate of increase.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Examines actions taken by pension plans in the weakest financial condition, the extent to which such plans have relied on federal government help via the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and options available to rectify PBGC’s impending funding crisis.  From the Government Accountability Office

Examines the spending patterns of the population aged 55 and over.  From the Social Security Administration

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Major annual source of information on the U.S. social insurance and welfare programs.  Offers statistics on social security, supplemental security income, Medicare, Medicaid, and other social services programs.  From the Social Security Administration

Examines policy options for raising Social Security revenue and reducing the regressivity of the tax at higher income levels.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Latest edition of erratically updated compilation of data on social services programs of the federal government.  From the House Ways and Means Committee

Compares the features of variable annuities with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits and those with contingent deferred annuities.   Also compares the potential benefits and risks to consumers and insurers and how these products are regulated.  From the Government Accountability Office

Discusses amendments to legislation limiting expenditures for benefits levels for the British social security program.  House of Commons Library Research Paper 13/01

Describes what types of offenses and which laws govern the forfeiture of congressional pensions.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses recent trends in levels of recipients and payments for the SSI program which provides cash assistance to low income aged and/or disabled people.  Also discusses proposals for changing the SSI program in the future.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Analyzes the retirement planning behavior of small business owners who earn a high percentage of their income and have a high percentage of their net worth in business income and assets.  Also analyzes the retirement assets of business owners and private sector employees who have underwater residential mortgages and compares them with those who have positive mortgage equity.  From the Small Business Administration

Finds that the federal government is on an unsustainable long-term fiscal path.  Includes key budget assumptions for various budget scenarios based on Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ projections.  From the Government Accountability Office

Discusses past legislation that required federal employees and members of Congress to participate in the Social Security system.  Describes the program length-of-service requirements, benefit formulas, and average benefit amounts.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses the bleak options for deficit reduction unless entitlement spending is reduced and taxes are increased.  Also discusses possible effects on state governments if federal government reduced the revenue it currently sends to states.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reviews the history of adjustments to the Social Security benefit , the current measure that is used to determine whether an adjustment is justified, and what other adjustments to Social Security programs are made.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reviews the scale and sources of the federal government’s budgetary imbalance, various options for bringing spending and taxes into closer alignment, and criteria for evaluating different approaches to deficit reduction.  From the  Congressional Budget Office

Lists program rates and limits for the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the Supplemental Security Income Program for 2013.  From the Social Security Administation

Presents additional information about the financial outlook for Social Security since the publication of the most recent 75 year projections in June 2012.  Also has Supplemental Data.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Statistics on the number and type of beneficiaries and the amount of benefits paid in each state and zip code area.  From the Social Security Administration

Analyzes three options for alignment that would modify the Self-Employment Contributions Tax Act tax base by either reducing the share of capital income or increasing the share of labor income included in the base.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Compiles basic program data highlights for the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Programs.  From the Social Security Administration

Press release on value and earnings of state-administered defined benefit retirement systems during 2011.  Also covers payments to retirees.  From the Census Bureau

Examines how women’s access to and participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans compare to men’s, how women’s retirement income compares with men’s and how the composition of their income changed with economic conditions and trends in pension design, how late-life events affect women’s retirement income, and what policy options could help increase women’s retirement income security.  From the Government Accountability Office

Reports on access to various types of employee benefits such as health insurance, sick leave, and paid vacations by size of firms, full-time or part-time status of workers, and whether union members.  Employees in medium to large size firms had access to more benefits than workers in size firms (fewer than 100 employees). From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Examines the current financial condition of six states, including Virginia, in the wake of the global financial crisis.  Finds that expenditures for health care and pensions are growing at rates that exceed revenue expectations and that attention is needed to the effects that federal deficit reduction and tax changes will have on state budgets.  From the State Budget Crisis Task Force

Estimates the budgetary effects of a variety of modifications to the Disability Insurance program that would involve altering the taxes that support it or modifying the benefits to reduce costs.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Provides sections for alternative scenarios for the long-term federal budget outlook, the economic impact of budget policies, and long-term outlooks for federal health care programs, social security, other noninterest federal spending, and federal revenues.  From the Congressional Budget Office