From a notice posted in the Federal Register by the Social Security Administration (footnotes omitted):
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the initial enrollment period for a new electronic Consent Based Social Security Number (SSN) Verification (eCBSV) service. SSA will roll out the service to a limited number of users in June 2020, and plans on expanding the number of users within six months of the initial rollout. ...
Section 215 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Banking Bill) directs SSA to modify or develop a database for accepting and comparing fraud protection data provided electronically by a permitted entity. In response to this statutory directive, SSA is creating eCBSV, a fee-based Social Security number (SSN) verification service. eCBSV will allow permitted entities to verify an individual's SSN based on the SSN holder's signed consent. ...
One significant aspect of this new procedure is that SSA is FINALLY going to accept electronic signatures - at least for this limited purpose. This came after lots of pressure from business and a bipartisan letter signed by four U.S. Senators.
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signature. Electronic signatures must meet the definition in section
106 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
(15 U.S.C. 7006). 42 U.S.C. 405b(f)(2) and SSA requirements."
Its funny that they reference the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act after they've all but told me they are not required to follow that law or the other statute, can't remember the name offhand, that requires government agencies to accept electronic signatures. They're attitude on this issue has been that they are above the law.
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