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VA reviews FOIA process after veteran record breach on Ancestry.com

The Veterans Affairs Department mistakenly exposed more than 2,200 veteran records containing names, birthdates and social security numbers when it responded to a Freedom of Information Act request

State health departments using Social Security numbers as identifiers, finds audit

Thirty-four percent of state health departments screened in a Social Security Administration audit collected and used mothers' Social Security numbers in their newborn screening programs. Using

4,000 Social Security numbers potentially exposed in VA mismailing

A Veterans Benefit Administration office in Boston sent 6,299 benefit summary letters to the wrong addresses in August, more than half of them containing complete social security numbers. Of the

IRS not making best use of third party data to catch tax fraud, says TIGTA

Even though the Internal Revenue Service relies on data provided by outside sources to verify the accuracy of tax returns, it lacks a centralized database to store it all, finds the Treasury

Attention identity thieves: Tax notices still printed with social security numbers

The Internal Revenue Service is apparently in no hurry to remove social security numbers from its correspondence with the public, despite a May 2007 Office of Management and Budget directive telling

Pentagon removes SSNs from military ID cards

Social Security numbers used to be the rock solid way of identifying someone in the military and their dependants. But not anymore. The Defense Department is planning to remove SSNs from military and