R 171349Z DEC 12
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 720/12
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/UPDATE ON THE REMOVAL OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN) FROM DOD IDENTIFICATION (ID) CARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/DOD UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (USD)/YMD:20080328//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/DOD USD/YMD:20090128//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/DOD DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (DMDC)/YMD:20121030//
NARR/REF A IS THE DIRECTIVE-TYPE MEMORANDUM (DTM) 07-015 FROM USD, PERSONNEL AND READINESS (P AND R) ADDRESSING "DOD SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN) REDUCTION PLAN," AND ESTABLISHES POLICY FOR THE USE OF THE SSN AND GUIDANCE FOR REDUCING ITS UNNECESSARY USE.  REF B IS A MEMORANDUM FROM THE USD (P AND R) ADDRESSING BUSINESS PRACTICE CHANGES TO ALLOW THE REMOVAL OF SSN FROM DOD IDENTIFICATION (ID) CARDS AND ESTABLISHES AND DIRECTS THE POLICY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SSNS ON DOD ID CARDS.  REF C IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SSN REMOVAL FROM DOD ID CARD BARCODES,  DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (DMDC) UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF BARCODES ON DOD ID CARDS.//
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POC/CHRISTINE HESEMANN/CIV/UNIT:HQMC C4 CY/-/TEL:703-693-3490 /EMAIL:CHRISTINE.HESEMANN(AT)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 TRANSFER 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 AND 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.  PERSONNEL ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN NEW ID CARDS (COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) OR TESLIN).  ID CARDS WILL BE REISSUED THROUGH ATTRITION ONLY.
3.A.  IAW REFS A AND B, OWNERS OF SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, WHICH RELY UPON EITHER THE PRINTED SSN OR THE SSN CONTAINED IN THE BARCODES, WILL PREPARE THEIR SYSTEM OR PROCESS FOR THE CHANGES AS SCHEDULED IN PARAGRAPH 4.  REF C PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR SYSTEM/APPLICATION OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS USING BARCODE TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION TO USING THE DOD ID NUMBER AND ENSURING UNDERLYING DATABASES ARE EQUIPPED TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONVERSION FROM THE SSN.
4.  SCHEDULED CHANGES TO DOD ID CARDS.
4.A.  EFFECTIVE 01 JUN 2012 THE SSN IS NO LONGER PRINTED ON NEWLY ISSUED AND REISSUED DOD ID CARDS. 
4.B.  BEGINNING DEC 2012, THE SSN WILL NO LONGER BE ENCODED ONTO THE 39 BARCODES OF ALL NEWLY ISSUED AND REISSUED DOD ID CARDS.  THE SSN WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENCODED IN THE PORTABLE DATA FILE (PDF417) BARCODE UNTIL DEC 2013.
4.C.  THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF THE SSN FROM THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP (ICC) CONTACT INTERFACE OF THE CAC.
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS DIRECTED BY MR. R. A. LETTEER, CHIEF,  CYBERSECURITY DIVISION.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN K. J. NALLY, DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS (C4) DEPARTMENT.//