US Social Security Agency corrects nearly 15% of records in database cleanup
The agency added citizenship and death data to nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers to reduce fraud and improve benefits administration.
- On Tuesday, the Social Security Administration announced it updated about 42 million records in its database, representing the most comprehensive cleanup in the agency's 91-year history.
- A major part of the effort utilized the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, which federal immigration officials maintain under an executive order from President Donald Trump.
- Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano stated the database is the country's "books and records," noting the agency corrected about 25 million records missing citizenship information and added 17 million death dates.
- While emphasizing improved data accuracy, the agency did not identify any arrests, indictments, or prosecutions, nor specify how many corrected records involved suspected fraud.
- In September, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress authorized DHS to receive citizenship information, though Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, citing privacy law limits on such sharing.
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Trump’s Social Security Administration Unveils the Largest SSN Database Cleanup in Agency History – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Isaac
The Social Security Administration says it corrected tens of millions of identity records in the largest SSN database cleanup in its 91-year history.
Social Security Agency Announces Correction of Tens of Millions of Files
Federal officials announced on Oct. 20 that they corrected tens of millions of Social Security records, including about 25 million that were missing citizenship information. The Social Security Administration said it updated about 42 million records in the Social Security Number (SSN) database, representing “the most comprehensive SSN record clean‑up in the agency’s 91-year history.” A major part of the effort involved using data from the Syste…
US Social Security Agency corrects nearly 15% of records in database cleanup
The US Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that it had corrected records for nearly 15% of all active Social Security numbers, adding missing death and citizenship information, as part of the Trump administration's effort to prevent fraud in the benefits program.
Social Security Database Cleanup Focuses on Record Accuracy, With No Fraud Cases Cited
BALTIMORE (VINnews) — The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday that it has corrected tens of millions of records in its Social Security number database, but the agency did not say whether the corrections uncovered fraud or led to criminal charges against individuals. The agency said it had corrected nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers […]
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