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Participation, and Collaboration</h3> <hr> <p>Social Security fosters transparency, participation, and collaboration in our programs and operations. We develop, implement, and track progress on plans to make SSA more open and accountable to the public. We identify information of great use to the public and work across organizational boundaries within the agency to make the information available in readily accessible formats. We also facilitate and encourage the use of emerging collaborative technologies to foster broader citizen participation in government business.</p> <p>We develop and publish SSA's Open Government Plan every two years – the first in June 2010. Our <a href="/open/plans/story-2016-open-government-plan4.1.html">Open Government Plan 4.1</a> included several high-profile agency projects and initiatives that utilize Open Government principles and techniques including our flagship initiative, the National Disability Forum. 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Please visit the <a href="/agency/contact/">Contact Social Security</a> web page for multiple ways to contact the Social Security Administration.</p> <h3 class="bg-ocean-blue-500 pa2 white">Open Data Materials</h3> <ul class="list-nb"> <li><a href="/open/plans/plan-progress-chart.html">Open Data Progress Chart</a></li> <li><a href="/open/data/AAPI.html">Data about AAPI Language Preferences</a></li> <li><a href="/data/" >SSA Data Page</a></li> <li><a href="https://data.gov/">Data.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/SSAgov">SSA Open Source Code Site</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="bg-ocean-blue-500 pa2 white">Open Government Materials</h3> <ul class="list-nb"> <li><a href="/foia/annualreports.html">FOIA Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/digitalstrategy/">SSA's Digital Government Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://digital.gov/">Digital.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/">USASpending.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">Regulations.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.ssa.gov/open-government-engagement-site/">Open Government Engagement</a></li> </ul> </article>  </div>  </section>  </main>    <ssa-footer class="print-dn"><noscript><footer class="fs1 print-dn" id="footer" role="contentinfo"><div class="wrapper"><a class="db" href="/menu#footer">Footer menu</a></div></footer></noscript></ssa-footer><script src="https://www.ssa.gov/legacy/components/dist/ssa-footer.js"></script>  <script type="application/javascript" src="/framework/js/ssa.firefly.body.js"></script> </body> </html>