Now there are three
Three bills to affect SSDI access Even with the constant crisis news out of Washington, D.C. — “the fiscal cliff is going to ruin the economy!” “the sequester is going to ruin the economy!” “Congressional gridlock is going to ruin the economy!” — members...News from the SSDI front
There’s news on the Social Security Death Index front — some bad, some worse, and some that just might possibly end up being at least neutral if not actually good. Bad news The bad news is that the 113th Congress — elected in 2012 and sworn in not...What we’re up against
Something amazing happened yesterday. In both a good way… and a not-so-good way. A respected mainstream newspaper — the Great Grey Lady herself — the New York Times — published an article on access to the Social Security Master Death File...Losing ground on the SSDI
Closer to limits? We’re losing ground in the fight to keep open access to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF), known to the genealogical community as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). True, there haven’t been any more...Records access summer school: MGC, FGS
SSDI and so much more We’re closing in fast on summer around these parts. Kids are getting out of school, families are planning vacations, grandparents are looking forward to visits from the grandkids, and genealogists should be thinking about records access....Up! Off our duffs!
Do genealogists care about records access? Okay, I’m (finally) home from my combination NGS and research trip, and it’s time and past time to get something off my chest. I have a question for each and every single genealogist out there who reads this blog...SSDI still at risk
SSDI still in the gunsights While genealogists began to gather yesterday in Cincinnati for the 2012 National Genealogical Society Conference, foes of public access to the Social Security Death Master File — known to genealogists as the SSDI — gathered in...Fraud prevention firm: keep SSDI public
Finally. Somebody gets it. Let me repeat that. Finally. Somebody gets it. Somebody — a group of somebodies who ought to darned well know what they’re talking about — really gets it: public access to the Social Security Death Index — the Death...RPAC address for SSDI input
If you’re having trouble reading or using the email address for the Records Access and Preservation Committee in today’s blog on what we need for SSDI access (as opposed to what we may want), the culprit may be some software between my blog entry and my...Subscribe by Email
