Mission
Provide SSA-wide leadership and direction for the Agency’s electronic data sharing services.
Overview
Data exchange is primarily the one or two-way electronic sharing of individual or aggregated Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with a government or private entity. An outgoing agreement covers data flowing out of SSA. An incoming agreement covers data flowing into SSA. The difference between an exchange and an agreement is that an exchange represents the data being shared and an agreement documents the terms and conditions under which an exchange will occur. SSA is a government leader in data exchange with numerous computer matches and real-time exchanges.
The Office of Data Exchange and International Agreements (ODXIA), under the Office of Data Exchange, Policy Publications, and International Negotiations (ODEPPIN) is the centralized office that governs the electronic data exchange process by providing vital coordination, oversight, strategic decision-making, and policy and procedures.
ODXIA manages the data exchange agreements process with support from agency business sponsors to ensure that the exchange meets our program and business needs. SSA engages in various forms of electronic exchanges from SSN verifications to computer matches, depending on the partner agency's business needs. There are several factors considered in SSA's decision-making policy on whether to engage in a data exchange.
All states
Prisons (federal, state, and local)
Foreign governments
Private sector
Federal Retirement and Thrift Investment Board
If your Federal, State, or local agency, tribal organization or private entity is interested in entering into a data exchange agreement with SSA for programmatic or research data, complete the data exchange request form (SSA-157) and email it to ORDP.Data.Exchange@ssa.gov.
See State Agreements for Electronic Data Exchanges with the States.
A Data Exchange Liaison will respond to your email as soon as possible.
This site provides information for federal, state, and local agencies that are seeking to exchange data with the Social Security Administration (SSA). These exchanges are based on business needs related to specific health and income maintenance programs administered by those agencies and the applicable legal authority for SSA to make such disclosures. The information on these pages does not apply to non-governmental or private entities, companies, and businesses seeking data from SSA.