Word: ssa
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...where they were born could access records containing job history, salary and other information. Still, the fuss may contain more than a bit of unnecessary cyber-hysteria. Under the previous system, the agency would mail the records to anyone providing the same information along with a signature. Since the SSA has no way of checking the accuracy of the signatures, the old system really isn't any more secure than the web site. It just takes longer...
...site, launched just a month ago, contains complete financial data on tens of millions of Americans dating back to 1951. The reason behind the page is primarily financial: The agency thinks that making the information available on the Web will save millions of dollars in paperwork. Last year, the SSA mailed some four million financial reports to taxpayers at a cost of $5.23 each. Delivering the same report over the Internet costs a fraction of a penny. As usual, the bureaucrats are not very concerned that the site makes collecting private Social Security information relatively easy. "We have confidence that...
Also caught in the cross fire of the IRS war against fraud are women who when they married neglected to change their name with the Social Security Administration. If the names on a tax return don't exactly match those from SSA, the IRS will reject the returns. That's how Lisa Broeker, 32, a nurse's aide from South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, learned that the SSA still had her listed as Lisa Lopez, even though she had paid taxes under her married name for nine years. She was forced to stand in line at the local Social Security office...
...initiated the inquiry into getting a seat because we felt there was not adequate representation by AAA," said Mona M. Patel '94, Co-president of the South Asian Association (SSA...