by Judy G. Russell | Apr 4, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
What we need, not what we want The Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) has finally taken a clear, straightforward, simple stand on the issues involving identity theft on one hand and continued access to the Social Security Death Master File (SSDMF) or, as...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 21, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
“… there is no silver bullet” Let’s hear it for Bernard F. McKay of Intuit (publishers of the popular TurboTax program) who was the one witness at yesterday’s hearing before the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility & Economic...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 20, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Another SSDI hearing Things have been quiet on the SSDI front for a couple of weeks, but they heat up again today. There’s a hearing being held by the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Growth starting at 10...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 23, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Saving access to the SSDI is up to you and me, and four of our friends. If the genealogical community loses the fight over access to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI, also called the Death Master File), in large measure it’ll be our own fault. Yeah, yeah, I know...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 16, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Say hello to the genealogical community’s Public Enemy No. 1. The man pictured to the left is Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security. And he’s out to get us. More specifically, he’s out to get our access to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and to the...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 8, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
I’ve signed the SSDI petition — have you? The petition of the Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) is now up and running at WhiteHouse.gov. I’ve signed — mine was signature number 11. Have you signed yet? If not, get moving!...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 7, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
RPAC to launch “Stop ID Theft NOW!” Campaign At some point in the next 24 hours, a new “Stop ID Theft NOW!” Campaign will be launched by RPAC, the Records Preservation & Access Committee (a joint committee of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 3, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Public access to SSDI took it on the chin in Thursday’s House hearings Hooboy. Talk about a stacked deck. Yesterday’s hearings on the future of public access to Social Security death information before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security were Not...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 1, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Just a note as to the hearings tomorrow (2 Feb 2012) that could affect access to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI): The Records Preservation & Access Committee (a joint committee of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Genealogical Society,...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 29, 2012 | General, Records Access, SSDI |
Sounding a call to action to save our access to the SSDI On Thursday of this coming week (February 2, 2012), the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Ways & Means Committee in Washington, D.C., will hold hearings that have the capacity to drastically...