SSA Corrects Millions of Records in Major Cleanup
The US Social Security Administration has corrected records for nearly 15 percent of active numbers in its database. The extensive cleanup adds missing death and citizenship data to prevent fraud across federal programs.
The United States Social Security Administration corrected records for 15% of all active Social Security numbers during an administrative cleanup on Tuesday morning. The agency added 17 million death dates and updated 25 million citizenship files.
