Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

ORES is responsible for:

Conducting policy relevant research and evaluation and sponsoring the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium and other extramural research;
Conducting in-depth analyses of Social Security solvency proposals;
Preparing quick-turnaround analyses on critical issues for the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, and other agency officials;
Providing statistical data on OASDI and SSI program benefits, payments, covered workers, and other indicators;
Sponsoring special-purpose survey data collections and studies to improve data for research and statistics related to social security issues;
Developing links between administrative record data and survey data for use in Social Security research and policy analysis;
Developing and operating microsimulation models that estimate the distributional effects of proposed changes in Social Security programs;
Disseminating research and statistical material through our website; and
Ensuring the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of statistical data and participating in several interagency statistical programs and projects.