Office of Systems

Overview
The U.S. Social Security Administration's Office of Systems is responsible for developing, overseeing, and maintaining the agency's IT systems. The Office of Systems comprises eight component offices:


 * Office of Telecommunications and System Operations &mdash; responsible for the computer systems and networks.
 * Office of Systems Electronic Services &mdash; directs the development of software that supports electronic service-delivery initiatives.
 * Office of Applications and Supplemental Security Income Systems &mdash; responsible for most phases in the systems development life cycle for the Supplemental Security Income, Quality Assurance, Customer Help Information, and Representative Payee programs.
 * Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance Systems &mdash; responsible for programmatic and management information systems for these systems as well as for the Disability Insurance program.
 * Office of Earnings, Enumeration and Administrative Systems &mdash; designs, develops, and maintains SSA's earnings, enumeration, and administrative systems.
 * Office of Disability Systems &mdash; develops, implements, and maintains electronic systems to support disability programs.
 * Office of Enterprise Support, Architecture, and Engineering &mdash; identifies the strategic IT resources needed to support SSA business processes and operations.
 * Office of Information Security &mdash; manages and directs SSA's overall information systems security program.