posted September 27, 2016 10:59 AM            

It's one screw-up after another and has been for almost 8 years.

Mailing out postcards with names, addresses and Social Security numbers in plain view is just the latest.

That information is a treasure trove for crooks who can use the information to get credit cards, empty bank accounts, register to vote and vote illegally and I'm sure I don't know the half of what can be done with that information.

A few weeks ago, it was revealed that 1,800 illegal aliens whose cases had been adjudicated for DEPORTATION were given American Citizenship instead...supposedly by error. Whooops.

A thorough cleaning of the incompetent and corrupt from the ranks of the Federal Bureaucracy is long overdue.

January 20, 2017 can't come too soon.

House asks feds to stop mailing postcards with Social Security numbers on them
Pete Kasperowicz
9/26/16

The House passed legislation Monday aimed at stopping the federal government from mailing letters to people that include their Social Security numbers — including in envelopes that have these vital numbers printed on the outside where anyone can see them.

Lawmakers passed the bill, from Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., in an easy voice vote Monday afternoon.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, noted that Valadao offered the bill when one of his constituents complained that her Social Security number could be seen in a letter she got from the Social Security Administration.

"It was on the outside of the envelope," Chaffetz said on the House floor as he laughed. "Mr. Speaker, this it totally and completely unacceptable."

Valadao said the situation got worse as he was trying to help his constituent.

"Upon further investigation, we found that the Social Security Administration was also printing full Social Security numbers visible on the outside of postcards," he said.

Under Valadao's bill, no federal agency would be allowed to send mail to people that includes their Social Security numbers, unless the head of the agency says doing so is necessary.

It also requires the government to write regulations explaining when Social Security numbers can be mailed. But those rules would have to ensure that Social Security numbers can't be seen on the outside of any package sent, and would have to envision the use of partially redacted numbers when possible.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2602863/