Library System Helps Citizens ‘Retire Online’

By Bob Davidsson,
Government Research Service

The Palm Beach County Library System is partnering with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and libraries across the country in a joint effort to make the public aware of an important new electronic “E-government” initiative to assist citizens in filing for retirement benefits.

“Retire Online, It’s So Easy!” is a Social Security campaign designed to promote a new online retirement application that can be completed via home or library computer in as little as 15 minutes. Direct access to the application is featured on the SSA web site at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. An informational brochure about the “Retire Online” service may be viewed at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10522.pdf.

The Library System has added the digital SSA “Retire Online” application as a menu option on its special “E-Government Forms” web page – a digital index with links to local, state and federal government online services. Our “E-Government Forms” site is accessible at http://www.pbclibrary.org/grs-e-governmentforms.htm.

The Library System’s Government Research Service (GRS) section staff will demonstrate how to access and use the new digital Social Security form during its monthly “E-Government Help” computer classes held in the Main Library Computer Center. More information: http://www.pbclibrary.org/grs-egovthelp.htm.