Warren Calls for Review of Education Dept’s Potential Misuse of Social Security Data
Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Elizabeth Warren
Read the Letter Here
"I am troubled by the Department's potential misuse of federal earnings data acquired from SSA through an information exchange agreement in order to determine the amount of loan relief for defrauded students. There is no evidence of a new data exchange agreement between the Department and SSA for use in Borrower Defense determinations, nor has there been a revision to the Gainful Employment information exchange agreement,” said Warren.
The Investigation
The Department of Education plans to use federal earnings data produced from federal tax records to calculate limited relief for defrauded student borrowers under its Borrower Defense authority. The Department obtained these federal earnings data through an information exchange agreement with the SSA. But the information exchange agreement explicitly and exclusively allows the data to be used only for the Gainful Employment Rule, and makes no mention of using it for Borrower Defense purposes.
E-mails obtained by Senator Warren show that SSA staff have serious concerns about the legality of the Department's current plan for use of the data.
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