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Charging Standard Administrative Fees for Non-Program Information

Publisher-desk brief on SSA administrative fees FR 2026-19250 (2026-09-21). Fee table in the official text.

Social Security published a Federal Register notice on charging standard administrative fees for non-program information.

When someone asks SSA for records outside regular benefit work, fees can apply. This filing sets or updates those charges.

Filing abstract (agency text): On August 22, 2012, we announced in the Federal Register a schedule of standard administrative fees we charge to the public for routinely requested records. When authorized, we charge these fees to recover our full costs when we provide information and related services for non-program purposes. We are announcing an update to the previously published schedule of standard administrative fees. The…

Records requesters and benefits advocates should confirm fee tables and exemptions in the official text.

Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/21/2026-19250/charging-standard-administrative-fees-for-non-program-information

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Source: the official public federal record 2026-19250 · Federal Register · 2026-19250 · FR-2026-19250.

This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.

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