ity of records. Measures taken to safeguard personal privacy by SSA are noted. Issues in the use of social security numbers for personal identification are discussed. Profiles of other public and private data files provide information on computerization in areas such as law enforcement, credit, insurance, education, motor vehicle registration, health care, and social welfare. pro-gen.
2032 O'Neill, Hugh V.; Fanning, John P.
The Challenge of Implementing and Operating Under the Privacy Act in the Largest Public Sector Conglomerate-HEW.
Bureaucrat,
5(2):171-188, 1976.
Measures taken by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 are explained; public policy issues associated with medical records (used in part for Medicare) are discussed; and organization and management responses to Privacy Act requirements are described. jnl-mod.
2033 Privacy Protection Study Commission.
Personal Privacy in an Information Society: The Report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission. Washington, DC, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977. 654 pp.
A report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission focuses on Federal recordkeeping practices and potentials for invasion of privacy, as well as actual cases. Included are analyses of social security recordkeeping procedures for for Title IV and Title XIX and XX social service programs, as well as the use of social security numbers (SSN's) for identification and authentication. ommendations for the proper use of social security numbers are made. These include: (1) repeal of Executive Order 9397, by which Federal agencies may demand disclosure of an SSN; and (2) monitoring of use of SSN's by an independent entity. pro-gen.
2034 Social Security Number Task Force.
Social Security Number Task Force:
Report to the Commissioner.
Washington, DC, Social Security
Administration, 1971. 124 pp.
The findings and recommendations of
the Social Security Number Task Force
are presented. The Task Force was
charged with reviewing current social
security number policies and practices,
and examining their impact on the Social
Security Administration (SSA), the Fed-
eral community, and society at large.
Topics discussed include: the impact of
computer technology on individual rights
to due process and privacy, use of the
social security number by non-SSA Fed-
eral agencies, and implications of the
growing use of the social security
number as an identifier for non-SSA
purposes. pro-gen.
relation to social security in one of a series of SSA Forum Lectures. Developments in physical, psychological and data surveillance are described, and legislative efforts to control these functions are discussed. Issues posed by the existence of data banks such as those maintained by the Social Security Administration are examined. Further action to protect individual privacy is urged. pro-gen.
Selective coverage is provided in Section 1 for those
social security and related public laws enacted from
passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 to 1971, with
more comprehensive coverage provided for enactments since
the 91st congress. Important related public laws not
summarized in Section 1 are dealth with by the inclusion
of congressional hearings in Section 2; U.S. Senate, U.S.
House of Representatives, and Joint Committee prints in
Section 3; or summary documents of legislative provisions
and historical analyses in Section 4. Congressional staff
background considered particularly useful as research
tools are found in Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter
and in other sections of the volume pertaining to those
program areas. Selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions on
provision of the Social Security Act are treated in
Section 5, and selected advisory council reports on social
security and related programs are covered in Section 6.
Coverage of social security enactments
since the 91st Congress is fairly
comprehensive in this section; selective
coverage is provided for those public
laws enacted from the passage of the
Social Security Act in 1935 to 1971 and
for all other legislation related to the
Social Security Administration. The
reference source is to the Statutes at
Large. Users of this volume who require
a comprehensive tracing of social
security legislation should refer to the
periodically published The Social
Security Act and Related Laws (see
Section 4 of this chapter) and to
legislative highlights published after
major legislation in the Social Security
Bulletin.
P.L. 74-271. Social Security Act. 49 Stat. 620 (1935).
Legislation established a foundation
for the social security system by man-
dating a Federal system of old-age
benefits; requirements for State old-
age assistance programs; a Federal Old-
Age Reserve Account; grants to States
for unemployment compensation and aid to
dependent children; grants for maternal
and child welfare; Federal taxes on
employees and employers; and creating
the Social Security Board. pro-gen.
2038 U.S. Laws.
P.L. 76-379. Social Security Act
Amendments of 1939.
53 Stat. 1360 (1939).
Amendments establish State planning
requirements for old-age assistance
(OAA); stipulate a method of Federal
payments to States under OAA; create an
old-age and survivors insurance trust
fund; outline eligibility for wives,
widows, and children's benefits; and
create new administrative responsibil-
ities for the Social Security Board.
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2039 U.S. Laws.
P.L. 79-719. Social Security Act
Amendments of 1946.
60 Stat. 978 (1946).
The Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code are amended with respect to social security taxes, benefits in case of deceased World War II veterans, unemployment compensation for maritime workers, and technical and miscellaneous provisions. pro-gen.
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