社会保障局周二宣布，已修正数百万份社会安全号码（SSN）数据库档案，包括死亡记录和公民身份信息，部分工作借助了“福利资格系统外籍人士核实服务”（Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements，简称SAVE）。该局局长弗兰克·J·比西尼亚诺在新闻稿中说：“社会安全号码数据库是我国的账本和档案。数据库的准确性对于维护面向公民的政府服务的诚信至关重要。”“准确的SSN记录可防止联邦项目中的欺诈，并支持福利的妥善管理。”
The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday it corrected millions of Social Security Number (SSN) database files, including death records and citizenship information, partially using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, service. “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,” Frank J. Bisignano, the agency's commissioner, said in a press release. “Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits.”
据该局称，在这些修正中，在SAVE的帮助下，该局更新了约2500万份缺失公民身份信息的记录。SAVE是国土安全部（DHS）的一项服务，用于确定某些联邦项目的资格。当特朗普总统指示国土安全部确保选举官员拥有适当资源以核实选民公民身份时，SAVE进入全国视野，并导致该系统进行重大改革。特朗普此前曾强制要求各州向该部门移交选民名册，以便利用联邦技术识别并剔除名单上的非美国公民——一名联邦法官于10月初叫停了该命令。但该法官的裁决并未废除该服务本身，政府正在11月中期选举前继续推进反欺诈工作。
Among these corrections, the agency said it updated approximately 25 million records with missing citizenship information with the help of the SAVE, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) service used to determine eligibility for certain federal programs. SAVE came into the national spotlight when President Trump directed DHS to ensure election officials had appropriate resources to verify their voters’ citizenship, leading to a significant overhaul of the system. Trump previously mandated states turn over their voter rolls to the department in order to identify and strike non-U.S. citizens from their respective lists using the federal technology — an order a federal judge blocked in early October. But the judge's ruling did not strike the service itself, and the administration is continuing its anti-fraud push ahead of November's midterms.
新闻稿称：“社会保障局目前正在修正另外850万份公民身份状态不准确的记录。”据社会保障局称，自特朗普政府上任以来，该局已修正了近15%的所有有效SSN。作为其工作的一部分，该局表示，它向此前据称缺少此类信息的记录中添加了1700万个死亡日期。该局称，这是通过结合使用内部SSA系统和国务院数据来完成的。
“SSA is currently in the process of correcting an additional 8.5 million records with inaccurate citizenship status,” the release states. According to the SSA, it has as corrected nearly 15 percent of all active SSNs since the beginning of the Trump administration. As a part of its effort, the agency said it added 17 million dates of death to records that it claims previously such information. The agency said it did so by using a combination of internal SSA systems and State Department data.
“这是社会保障局首次开展如此大规模的档案完整性举措，标志着为美国公众强化社会安全号码系统迈出了重要一步，”比西尼亚诺说。
“The first time SSA has undertaken a record‑integrity initiative of this magnitude and marks a significant step toward strengthening the SSN system for the American public,” Bisignano said.