R 211003Z APR 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0263/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN) FROM DOD IDENTIFICATION (ID) CARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/DIRECTIVE-TYPE MEMORANDUM (DTM) 07-015, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (USD), PERSONNEL AND READINESS (P&R), "DOD SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN) REDUCTION PLAN," 28 MAR 2008//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/MEMORANDUM, USD (P&R), "BUSINESS PRACTICE CHANGES/-/IDENTIFICATION (ID) CARDS,"28 JAN 2009//
NARR/REF A ESTABLISHES POLICY FOR THE USE OF THE SSN AND GUIDANCE FOR REDUCING ITS UNNECESSARY USE. REF B ESTABLISHES AND DIRECTS THE POLICY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SSNS ON DOD ID CARDS.//
POC/JOSEPH S UCHYTIL/MAJ/UNIT:HQMC C4 IA/NAME: 703-693-3490 / EMAIL:JOSEPH.UCHYTIL@USMC.MIL//
POC/MARY STROZ/CIV/UNIT:M&RA MRP/NAME:703/TEL:784-9529 /EMAIL:MARY.STROZ@USMC.MIL//
POC/CHRISTINE HESEMANN/CTR/UNIT:HQMC C4 IA/NAME:703-693-3490 / EMAIL:CHRISTINE.HESEMANN.CTR@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE REMOVAL OF THE SSN FROM THE PRINTED AND BARCODE MEDIA OF ALL DOD ISSUED ID CARDS.
2. BACKGROUND. THE SSN HAS BEEN USED AS A MEANS TO IDENTIFY AND AUTHENTICATE INDIVIDUALS. WHILE THE EXPANDED USE OF THE SSN HAS ENABLED SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO TRANFER INFORMATION WITH A GREATLY REDUCED CHANCE OF ERRORS, THE THREAT OF IDENTITY THEFT HAS RENDERED THIS AN UNSAFE BUSINESS PRACTICE. DUE TO THIS THREAT, THE USD (P&R) HAS ISSUED DIRECTION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE USE OF THE SSN WHEN FEASIBLE (REF A).  SUBSEQUENT TO REF A, REF B WAS PUBLISHED, OUTLINING THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANS TO ELIMINATE THE SSN FROM THE VISUAL DISPLAY AND BARCODES OF DOD ID CARDS.
3. ACTION.
A. PERSONNEL ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN NEW ID CARDS (COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) OR TESLIN). ID CARDS WILL BE REISSUED THROUGH ATTRITION ONLY.
B. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, OWNERS OF SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES WHICH RELY UPON EITHER THE PRINTED SSN OR THE SSN CONTAINED IN THE BARCODES SHOULD PREPARE THEIR SYSTEM OR PROCESS FOR THE CHANGES DETAILED IN PARAGRAGPH 4.
4. SCHEDULED CHANGES TO DOD ID CARDS.
A. THE DEPENDENT SSN IS NO LONGER PRINTED ON NEWLY ISSUED AND REISSUED DEPENDENT (TESLIN) ID CARDS. THE SPONSOR SSN WILL STILL BE VISIBLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRINTED UNTIL THE END OF CY 2009.
B. BY THE END OF CY 2009, ALL VISIBLE PRINTED SSN WILL BE REMOVED FROM DOD ID CARDS (CAC AND TESLIN) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE ID CARDS WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE TRUNCATED SSN (LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE SSN) AS THE GENEVA CONVENTION NUMBER.
C. BEGINNING CY 2012, THE SSN WILL NO LONGER BE ENCODED ONTO THE BARCODES OF ALL NEWLY ISSUED AND REISSUED DOD ID CARDS (CAC AND TESLIN).
D. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF THE SSN FROM THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP (ICC) CONTACT INTERFACE OF THE CAC.
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, AND FLYERS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE HQMC C4 IA CAC WEBPAGE AT HTTPS: (DOUBLE SLASH) HQDOD.HQMC.USMC.MIL/CAC.ASP.
6. CANCELLATION CONTINGENCY.  THIS MESSAGE IS CANCELLED 15 APR 2010.
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN G. J. ALLEN, DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS.//