Wrongful inclusion in the Social Security death master file can have devastating consequences. Learn what this database is, ...

In recent weeks, the administration under President Donald Trump has taken a controversial step by directing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to declare certain undocumented migrants as ...

Months after the Social Security Administration wrongly declared her dead, Renee Williams is still getting her life back on ...

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration ... underfunded agency has always had its share of errors and inefficiencies, it's getting worse as experienced ...

Still, despite the difficulties, the rate of errors is small, the employee said. Of about 1.5 million death reports that come into Social Security each year, only about 7,500 lead to living people ...

One of the tasks to oversee will involve reporting the death to the Social Security Administration. If this process is not carried out, it could lead to confusion and extra tasks later.