Guest blogger, GPO Public Relations Specialist Emma Wojtowicz,
reviews a new publication giving the “Fast Facts & Figures”
about the U.S. Social Security System. The Federal Government
offers many publications to educate and inform the public. If
there is a topic that interests you or that you want to learn
more about, Government publications are a great resource. Not
all publications are long, dense and written as legal briefs.
Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2011 is a 36-page
booklet that accomplishes what the title suggests – providing
readers with fast facts and figures about Social Security.
Social Security is always a hot topic with election-year fact
checkers, and this annual publication does a good job breaking
down the information so the reader can understand and better
grasp this important topic. The introduction describes the
publication as a “chartbook” which it is with at least one
chart, graph, or table on each page. This is a smart way to
present the information because it allows th