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fringe: lack of controls in US Social Security Administration regarding SSN
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:50:48 -0600
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/11/ssa-issues-61-percent-of-replacement-cards-in-error-ig-says.aspx The Social Security Administration’s system errors are causing the incorrect issuance of replacement Social Security cards, according to a new report from the SSA’s Office of Inspector General. Despite the errors, SSA generally complies with limits on replacement cards, SSA Inspector General Patrick O'Carroll said in the March 4 report. http://www.ssa.gov/oig/ADOBEPDF/A-02-09-19006.pdf Congress required limits on Social Security Number replacement cards as an anti-terrorism measure in 2004. Under the law, people can get a maximum of three replacement cards per year and 10 over a lifetime. The SSA’s Modernized Enumeration System tracks the number of replacement cards and the codes used to exceed those limits under permitted exceptions. The IG identified 1,632 people who were issued four or five SSN replacement cards in a year. The IG then reviewed a random sample of 50 people in that group. It found that 58 percent of the sample group received four or five replacement cards in a year, exceeding the limit, even though they did not have a valid exception for the additional cards, the report said. ... _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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