Social Security says it corrected nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers
The Social Security Administration said it added death and citizenship data to tens of millions of records in what it calls the largest cleanup in its 91-year history.
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- The Social Security Administration said Tuesday it corrected records for nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers.
- SSA said it added 17 million dates of death and updated citizenship information in about 25 million records.
- The agency said another 8.5 million records with inaccurate citizenship status are still being corrected.
- SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano said it is the first time the agency has undertaken an effort of this scale.
- SSA said it has implemented stronger internal controls to prevent future data entry errors.
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- The HillWire / unratedSocial Security says it's 'corrected' tens of millions of records. Here's why ↗
- Breitbart (Politics)Far rightSocial Security Corrects 15% of Active SSNs in Largest Cleanup in 91 Years ↗
- Natural NewsConspiracy rightSocial Security Administration Updates 42 Million Records in Largest Database Cleanup in Agency History ↗
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