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Social Security: Government and Other Uses of the Social Security Number are Widespread

T-HEHS-00-120 Published: May 18, 2000. Publicly Released: May 18, 2000.
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GAO discussed the usage of the Social Security number (SSN), focusing on: (1) the ways that the federal government uses SSNs and current restrictions on these uses; (2) the nonfederal purposes for which the number is used; and (3) what businesses and state governments believe the effect would be if federal laws limiting the use of SSNs were passed.

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Federal social security programsReporting requirementsRight of privacyIdentity theftSocial security numberSupplemental security incomeTax administrationSocial security numbersCredit bureausPatient care