Press Release (En español)
For Immediate Release
press.office@ssa.gov
Social Security Opens New National Support Center
Data Center Allows Agency to Meet Growing Demands of the Public
Social Security announced the opening of a new National Support Center (NSC) with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The state-of-the art data center is more modern and energy efficient with enhanced disaster recovery capabilities and will meet the agency's anticipated IT workloads for at least the next 20 years. The NSC meets industry and federal data center standards.
"The data housed in the NSC is critical to our day-to-day operations and essential to maintaining our computer systems and electronic services," said Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. "Social Security has always been known as a 'can-do' agency with world-class customer service; this new facility allows us to meet the growing demands of the millions of individuals who count on us each and every day."
The National Support Center (NSC) maintains demographic, wage, and benefit information on almost every American. The new facility will replace a previous data center and allow the agency to take advantage of modern technology. Construction of the new facility was made possible through $500 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 and was delivered on time and under budget.