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Social Security Number Integrity & Protection (Homeland Security & Earnings)

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Report Number
Date Issued
Title
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Fiscal Year 2008
A-08-08-28118
09/09/08
Quick Response Evaluation: Controls Over the Social Security Administration's Celebrity File (Limited Distribution)
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A-15-07-17089
08/27/08
Effectiveness of the Social Security Statement in Correcting Earnings Records
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A-09-07-27154
08/19/08
Social Security Cards Mailed to the Social Security Administration's Field Offices
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A-13-07-27164
06/09/08
Follow-up: The Social Security Administration's Internal Use of Employees' Social Security Numbers
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A-06-08-18042
06/04/08
Personally Identifiable Information Made Available to the General Public Via the Death Master File
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A-08-08-18058
05/21/08
The Social Security Administration's Compliance with Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Provisions Regarding Security of Social Security Cards and Numbers
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A-08-07-17044
05/06/08
Assignment of Social Security Numbers to Noncitizens with Fiancé Visas
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A-08-08-18026
05/02/08
Removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards
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A-08-07-17143
03/20/08
Follow-up: Assessment of the Enumeration at Entry Process
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A-04-07-27112
12/5/07
Controls for Issuing Social Security Number Verification Printouts
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A-07-07-17055
11/28/07
Social Security Administration's Controls over Redisclosure of Sensitive Information in the Kansas City Region
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Fiscal Year 2007
A-02-06-26051
09/28/07
The Validity of Earnings Posted to the Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File for Children Ages 7 through 13
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A-03-07-17065
09/28/07
Effectiveness of the Single Select Edit Routine
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A-08-07-17077
09/24/07
Social Security Numbers Assigned to Citizens of Compact of Free Association Countries (Limited Distribution)
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A-08-07-17085
09/12/07
Assessment of F-1 Students' Use of Social Security Numbers
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A-08-07-17086
09/10/07
State and Local Governments' Collection and Use of Social Security Numbers
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A-03-06-15036
09/04/07
Controls Over Employee Verification Programs
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A-03-05-25018
08/07/07
Overstated Earnings and Their Effect on Social Security Administration Programs
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A-08-07-17076
07/20/07
Assignment of Social Security Numbers to J-1 Exchange Visitors
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A-04-07-17026
07/02/07
Field Office Use of the SS-5 Assistant
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A-08-07-17043
06/18/07
Original Social Security Numbers Assigned to U.S. Citizens Age 12 or Older
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A-09-06-16101
2/08/07
The Las Vegas Social Security Card Center
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A-14-05-14042
12/21/06
Impact of Unauthorized Employment on Social Security Benefits
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A-08-06-26100
12/18/06
Congressional Response Report: Accuracy of the Social Security Administration's Numident File
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A-03-06-26106
12/14/06
Congressional Response Report: Employer Feedback on the Social Security Administration's Verification Programs
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A-03-05-25009
10/20/06
Effectiveness of the Young Children's Earnings Records Reinstatement Process
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Fiscal Year 2006
A-03-06-36122
9/26/06
Congressional Response Report: Monitoring the Use of Employee Verification Programs
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A-03-06-26096
9/25/06
Effectiveness of Decentralized Correspondence Sent to Employers
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A-15-06-16087
9/18/06
Follow-up on Internal Controls over the Processing of Social Security Number Cards (Limited Distribution)
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A-08-06-16082
8/23/06
Prisoners' Access to Social Security Numbers
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A-04-06-16052
8/18/06
The Social Security Administration's Controls over the Assignment of Nonwork Social Security Numbers
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A-01-06-26022
8/10/06
Beneficiaries Paid Under More than One Social Security Number
A-08-06-16075
7/20/06
Congressional Response Report: Compliance with Employment Evidence Requirements for F-1 Students
A-08-06-16025
7/13/06
The Social Security Administration's Program for Issuing Replacement Social Security Cards to Prisoners
A-03-05-25038
6/27/06
Self-Employment Income Earnings Suspense File
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A-14-06-16114
6/26/06
Follow-up Audit: Information System Controls of the Social Security Administration's Representative Payee System
A-08-05-15138
6/19/06
Employers with the Most Wage Items in the Nonwork Alien File
A-08-06-26003
4/27/06
Follow-up of the Enumeration at Birth Program
A-03-05-15087
3/13/06
Suspended and Nonwork Wages in the Social Security Administration's Payroll
A-08-06-16056
1/27/06
Hospitals' Use and Protection of Social Security Numbers
A-09-05-15099
11/30/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region IX
     
Fiscal Year 2005
A-03-05-25007
9/30/05
Usefulness of Decentralized Correspondence in Focusing Employer-Assistance Activities
A-03-05-25127
9/20/05
Unauthorized Work Social Security Numbers at the Department of Defense
A-04-05-15098
9/19/05
Disability Determination Services' Use of Social Security Numbers on Third-Party Correspondence
A-08-05-15093
9/9/05
The Social Security Administration's Compliance with Presidential Executive Order 13224 Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism
A-08-05-15073
9/9/05
Impact of Nonimmigrants Who Continue Working After Their Immigration Status Expires
A-06-05-15100
8/19/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region VI
A-01-05-15071
8/12/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region I
A-03-04-14037
8/5/05
Reported Earnings Prior to the Issuance of a Social Security Number
A-02-05-25104
7/27/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region II
A-15-05-15043
7/26/05
Analysis of Undeliverable Social Security Number Cards (Limited Distribution)
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A-05-05-15081
6/70/5
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region V
A-08-05-25023
4/29/05
Social Security Number Misuse in the Service, Restaurant, and Agriculture Industries
A-13-05-15083
4/26/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region III
A-06-03-13078
4/20/05
Social Security Number Cards Issued After Death
A-03-04-14041
3/29/05
Department of Defense Wage Items in the Earnings Suspense File
A-04-05-15039
3/21/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region VIII
A-08-04-14093
3/15/05
Assessment of the Enumeration at Entry Process
A-08-05-15033
3/8/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region X
A-08-05-25101
2/28/05
Congressional Response Report: Follow-up of Federal Agencies' Controls over the Access, Disclosure, and Use of Social Security Numbers by External Entities
A-07-05-15074
1/31/05
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region VII
A-08-05-15034
12/9/04
Universities' Use of Social Security Numbers as Student Identifiers in Region IV
A-15-04-24103
11/17/04
Management Advisory Report: Proper Disposal of Sensitive Documents at the Social Security Administration's Headquarters (Limited Distribution)
A-03-03-13048
10/26/04
Employers with the Most Suspended Wage Items in the 5-Year Period 1997 through 2001
     
Fiscal Year 2004

A-08-04-24102
9/30/04

Congressional Response Report: Survey of Educational Institutions' Issuance of Work Authorization Documents to Foreign Students
A-08-04-14005
8/30/04
Field Offices' Compliance with Policies and Procedures When Processing Noncitizen Social Security Number Applications
A-08-04-14060
8/30/04
Compliance with Policies and Procedures When Processing Noncitizen Social Security Number Applications at Foreign Service Posts
A-08-04-14061
8/30/04
Brooklyn Social Security Card Center's Compliance with Policies and Procedures When Processing Noncitizen Social Security Number Applications
A-13-04-24046
8/19/04
The Social Security Administration's Internal Use of Employees' Social Security Numbers
A-08-04-14043
7/30/04
Enumeration of Children Under Age 1: Opportunity to Reduce the Risk of Improper Social Security Number Attainment
A-03-03-23003
6/23/04
Social Security Numbers with More Than One Owner
A-08-04-24018
4/26/04
Management Advisory Report: Review of Universities' Issuance of Temporary Social Security Numbers to Foreign Students
A-15-03-23025
1/29/04
Internal Control Review over the Processing of Social Security Number Cards (Limited Distribution)
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A-08-04-24079
12/18/03
Management Advisory Report: Security Features on the Social Security Card
A-03-02-22076
12/17/03
Utility of Older Reinstated Wages from the Earnings Suspense File
A-03-03-13026
10/30/03
Follow-up Review of Employers with the Most Suspended Wage Items
A-03-04-24049
10/27/03
Congressional Response Report: Title II Beneficiaries with Military Earnings
     
Fiscal Year 2003
A-14-03-23071
9/5/03
Profile of the Social Security Administration's Non-Work Alien File (Limited Distribution)
A-03-03-24048
8/22/03
Congressional Response Report: Use and Misuse of the Social Security Number
A-03-03-13017
4/28/03
Congressional Response Report: Review of the Social Security Number Feedback Pilot Project
A-03-03-23053
3/18/03
Congressional Response Report: Social Security Administration Benefits Related to Unauthorized Work
A-03-02-22068
3/18/03
The Social Security Administration's Processing of Internal Revenue Service Overstated Wage Referrals
A-08-03-13050
3/11/03
Federal Agencies' Controls Over the Access, Disclosure and Use of Social Security Numbers by External Entities
A-14-03-23052
3/3/03
Referring Potentially Fraudulent Enumeration Applications to the Office of the Inspector General
A-08-02-22071
12/30/02
Review of Social Security Administration Controls over the Access, Disclosure and Use of Social Security Numbers by External Entities
A-03-03-23038
11/18/02
Congressional Response Report: Status of the Social Security Administration's Earnings Suspense File
     
Fiscal Year 2002
A-03-02-22008
9/12/02
The Social Security Administration's Employee Verification Service for Registered Employers
A-08-02-12056
8/22/02
The Social Security Administration Continues Assigning Original Social Security Numbers To Foreign-Born Individuals Who Present Invalid Evidentiary Documents
A-03-01-11035
8/19/02
Effectiveness of the Social Security Administration's Earnings After Death Process
A-03-01-11034
7/3/02
Effectiveness of the Social Security Administration's Decentralized Correspondence Process
A-03-02-22078
6/18/02
Congressional Response Report: Noncitizen Enumeration at the Social Security Administration's Rochester, Minnesota Field Office
A-03-01-30035
5/24/02
Management Advisory Report: Recent Efforts to Reduce the Size and Growth of the Social Security Administration's Earnings Suspense File
A-08-02-22077
5/9/02
Management Advisory Report: Social Security Number Integrity: An Important Link in Homeland Security
A-14-01-11048
3/29/02
Work Activity for Social Security Numbers Assigned for Nonwork Purposes in the State of Utah
A-01-01-01018
1/14/02
Disclosure of Personal Beneficiary Information to the Public (limited distribution)
A-08-02-32041
10/25/01
Congressional Response Report: Terrorist Misuse of Social Security Numbers
A-08-02-22030
10/3/01
Congressional Response Report: Social Security Number Misuse - A Challenge For the Social Security Administration
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