The office source
Office records come from the Social Security Administration’s Field Office data page. Its downloadable file was labeled published March 9, 2026 when checked. We downloaded it on November 2, 2026. The data page describes a quarterly update cycle; that description is not a guarantee that every record was recently checked.
The raw source snapshot is available as the original SSA CSV. Source metadata and checksums and a validation report document this import.
What is included
The raw CSV contains 1,182 source records. This visitor directory includes 1,171 records across all 50 states, Washington, DC, and American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Eleven records explicitly named FOSU are excluded from the visitor finder because their public-visit eligibility was not established. They remain preserved in the source snapshot. A record count is not a count of unique buildings: distinct source codes can share an address.
How facts are handled
- Office codes provide stable identity. We preserve source names and supplied contact details.
- Formatting and NUL padding are normalized for display; we do not invent missing facts.
- The CSV provides weekday schedules. Weekend hours are not assumed.
- An impossible closing time is flagged for confirmation. The source’s Monday time for Waterbury, CT, is one such anomaly.
- Two source records list no open weekdays. They remain visible with a warning; we do not infer a permanent closure.
- Parking, building access, exact service eligibility, and live wait times are not supplied in this dataset.
Location and distance estimates
Postal-area positions come from GeoNames postal-code data, downloaded November 2, 2026, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. We use the source estimates without presenting them as verified office coordinates.
ZIP search estimates straight-line distance between postal areas. Device-location search compares the browser location with an office’s postal-area estimate. Neither is distance to the office entrance or driving time. Exact address directions open in Google Maps only when selected.
Guides and reviews
Each guide displays its actual source-review date. Office import dates do not claim that every office was individually contacted or verified in the live locator. Before travel, use SSA’s official locator and closure notices.
Corrections and future updates
Send correction details to [email protected]. Do not include personal records or identity documents. Future source imports should be compared with the saved snapshot and reviewed before replacing published facts. A missing source row alone does not establish that an office has closed.
How a guide is reviewed
- Identify the specific task and compare factual claims with the linked SSA service page, evidence checklist, or publication.
- Check whether a requirement applies to everyone or only a stated category. Preserve exceptions and route personal questions to SSA.
- Read the draft again for source fidelity, clear answers, duplication, and useful related guides.
- Record the actual review date on that guide. A rebuild does not automatically refresh it.
Writing and source comparison use AI assistance. Reviews do not certify individual eligibility or replace SSA instructions. The date shown is our source-review date, not a claim that SSA updated every source that day.
Dated temporary-service notices
On November 2, 2026 we compared the downloaded CSV with SSA’s current download; the file was unchanged. We also checked SSA’s closure notices and matched six specific office notices by office name, state, and ZIP. These dated notices are shown separately from the standard CSV schedule on affected office pages and search cards. They are a saved snapshot, not a live status feed. A notice ending does not establish that an office reopened.
Read the dated notice evidence and the source-review log. No notice on another office page means that no matched notice was saved; it does not establish that office is open.