Social Security Administration
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| 2014 | Public access to updated Death Master File transitioned to Limited Access Death Master File certification program under Title 15 Part 1110 |
| 2013 | A Government Accountability Office review found potential vulnerabilities in the Social Security Administration's processes for managing the Death Master File, which could lead to improper benefit payments. |
| May 31 2013 | An updated version of the Death Master File was made available for download. |
| March 2012 | The entire Death Master File as of November 30, 2011, was made available for download. |
| December 18 2011 | Ancestry.com changed access to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) by moving the search behind a paywall and stopping the display of Social Security information for recently deceased individuals. |
| November 2011 | The Social Security Administration stopped including death data from State sources due to privacy and identity theft concerns, resulting in a 33% drop in reported deaths. |
| June 22 2011 | SSDI database version contained 89,835,920 death records as of this date |
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