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- The Social Security Administration corrected millions of Social Security number records in its largest integrity effort.
- It added 17 million dates of death to records that previously lacked that information.
- The agency updated about 25 million records missing citizenship data and is correcting another 8.5 million inaccurate entries.
- Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said accurate SSN data prevents fraud, supports benefit administration, and reduces manual entry errors.
