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NEW REPORT: Federal Agencies Continue Unnecessary Use of SSNs, More Work Needed to Protect Americans’ Identities
July 27, 2017 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report requested by House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and former Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on government-wide efforts to reduce Social Security number (SSN) use. The GAO report found that, although the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) required federal agencies to establish plans to eliminate the unnecessary collection and use of SSNs in 2007, widespread use of SSNs throughout the federal government persists. Early SSN reduction initiatives by the Social Security Administration and the Office of Personnel Management were abandoned, and poor planning and ineffective monitoring by OMB led to limited SSN reduction. Read more…