EO 13478, Amendments to Executive Order 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers
In effectWhite House · Executive order · November 18, 2008
Summary
Removes the 1943 requirement that agencies use Social Security numbers as the identifier for individuals in their record systems, letting agencies use other identifiers to reduce unnecessary use of the numbers.
What FedXchange has recorded
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- Issuer
- The President (executive orders and directives)
- Type
- Executive order
- Number
- EO 13478
- Issued
- November 18, 2008
- Status
- In effect
Still in force, possibly with amendments.
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