社会保障局完成91年来最大规模档案清理：为1700万条记录补登死亡日期、约2500万条补全国籍信息
社会保障局（Social Security Administration, SSA）10月20日在马里兰州 Baltimore 宣布，该局在加强社会保障号码数据库准确性与完整性方面取得重大进展，称这是该局91年历史上最全面的一次社保记录清理。自本届政府上任以来，SSA 已更正近15%的现行社会保障号码，覆盖约3.3亿名美国公民、近3.9亿条记录。
此次清理包括三部分：SSA 综合运用局内系统与国务院的数据，为此前没有死亡日期的记录补登了1,700万个死亡日期；通过国土安全部「系统性外国人权益核查」（Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, SAVE）服务取得的数据，为约2,500万条此前国籍信息缺失的记录更新了国籍信息；另有850万条国籍状态不准确的记录，目前正在更正过程中。
SSA 表示，联邦各级机构与各州广泛使用社保记录来核验身份、防止税款被不当支付，并支持福利的正确发放。对普通领取人而言，本次公告更正的是数据库中的死亡日期与国籍等身份字段；公告本身未宣布调整退休、残障或补充保障收入（SSI）等福利的金额与发放安排。
社会保障局局长 Frank J. Bisignano 说：「社会保障号码数据库是我们国家的账簿与记录。数据库的准确性对维护面向公民的政府服务完整性至关重要。准确的社保记录有助于防止各联邦项目中的欺诈，并支持福利的正确管理。」他还说：「这是 SSA 首次开展如此规模的工作，我为我们加强这套被全政府与经济体系所依赖的身份数据基础所做的努力感到自豪。」
Social Security Corrects Tens of Millions of Records in Largest Cleanup in Its 91-Year History: 17 Million Death Dates Added, 25 Million Citizenship Records Updated
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 20 that it has made substantial progress in strengthening the accuracy and integrity of the Social Security Number (SSN) database, describing the work as the most comprehensive SSN record clean-up in the agency's 91-year history. Since the beginning of the current administration, SSA has corrected nearly 15 percent of all active SSNs, across approximately 330 million U.S. citizens and nearly 390 million total records.
The effort has three main parts. SSA has added 17 million dates of death to records that previously lacked this information, using a combination of internal SSA systems and Department of State data. Through data received from the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) service, SSA has updated approximately 25 million records that previously had missing citizenship information. The agency is also in the process of correcting an additional 8.5 million records with inaccurate citizenship status.
SSA said its records are referenced by agencies across the federal government and in the states to validate identities, prevent improper payments of taxpayer dollars and support the proper administration of benefits. For beneficiaries, the announcement concerns identity fields in the database, such as dates of death and citizenship information; it does not announce changes to the amounts or payment schedules of retirement, disability or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
"The Social Security Number database is our country's books and records. The database's accuracy is essential to maintaining integrity of government services for citizens. Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits," said Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano. "This is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy."
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图片来源：社会保障局局长 Frank J. Bisignano 官方肖像。照片：美国国税局，公共领域，经维基共享资源／Official portrait of Social Security Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano. Photo: Internal Revenue Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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