This month Social Security released the following updates:

• Monthly Statistical Snapshot, June 2024: A monthly snapshot of statistics on Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients

• SSI Monthly Statistics, June 2024: These monthly tables provide statistics for federally administered payments and awards under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program

SSA released it’s Quarterly Scam Update to Congress:

• Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General Releases Scam Report to Congress

Chief Actuary Steve Goss provided the following written testimony to Congress:

• Testimony to the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security and Answers to Questions for the Record: Social Security Actuarial Status: The 2024 Trustees Report

• Testimony to the House Budget Committee: Social Security: Examining Solvency and Impacts to the Federal Budget

And the agency presented at various conferences, providing slides that shed light on their inner-workings:

• Summary of Policy Options: 2024 National Academy of Social Insurance Summer Intern Academy: Demystifying Social Insurance

• What Effect Does Earnings Dispersion Have On Social Security Financing?: NBER Summer Institute 2024: Economics of Social Security