or edr. edr automatic mates the death reporting process by enabling states to verify the name and social security number of a deceased individual against our records before they issue a death certificate or transmit a report of death to us. thus death information reported to through edr is the most accurate possible. currently, 37 states the city of new york, and the district of columbia, provide death reports to us through edr. war also currently carrying out a major multi year redesign of the death information system to make it more efficient and reliable. accurate information is important not only for the administration of our programs but because we share the information with other agencies and with the public. as a result of a lawsuit brought against us under the freedom of information act we must share death information we collect and maintain from nonstate sources. we do so by distributing information through the department of commerce. in sharing this public file subscribers are infor

thus, death information reported through edr is the most accurate possible. currently lyly lyly 37 states new york and the district of columbia provide reports to us through edr and we are providing a redesign of our reporting system to make it more sufficient. and it is important not only for the administration of our programs but because we share the information with other agencies and with the public as a result of the lawsuit brought to us under the freedom of information act, we must share death information we collect and maybe tain from nonstate sources. we do so by distributing information through the department of commerce. in sharing this public file. subscribers are informed and have been informed for many years that ssa does not have a death record for all persons and cannot guarantee the veracity of the file and the absence of a particular person is not proof that that person is alive. the department of commerce is authorized to share non-state death information on an immediate basis with entities that have a legitimate business person for a fraud

even in an edr state. and it's important to recognize that in those states that have adopted electronic registration every jurisdiction within the state does not use it equally and so some jurisdictions, counties municipalities may be at 100% utilization. others might have a very low rate. so there's much more work to be done. and part of that i think is a reflection of the fact that at the local level these records were maintained in different formats and the quality of that data varies. >> so you don't have the localities within a state submitting information to a central data center and then have those electronic records forwarded to social security. you're getting them from multiple sources from the state? >> it's up to the state how they send us the information. usually it does come from a state bureau of vital statistics. but how those entities are organized at the sate level. >> but again, 37 states come from a centralize vital statistics office in the state? >> they may be getting information from

have edr? >> yes we do and there is really two dimensions both of which i think are important to us and a value in the conversation about improper payments. one dimension is timeliness of reporting and within the edr arena we average a report within five days of the date of death and within 24 hours when the state becomes aware of it. that's very timely. >> again those are in the exact form that you want the men. it totally matches your database? >> correct and for the record i could provide you what amount those inquiries do not match when they send us a name and an ssa combination. what doesn't match before they report i want to make sure that i mention that process is that the first step before anything is sent to us is an ssa match. if that occurs we will get the rest of the information. if it doesn't occur it goes back to the reporter in order to doublecheck to make sure they have the correct information and that they did not miss key something. >> the states of him have edr are you gettin

thus, death information reported through edr is the most accurate possible thing. currently, 37 states, the city of new york and the district of columbia provide death reports to us through edr. we're also currently carrying out a major multi-year redesign of our death information system to make it more efficient and reliable. accurate information is important, not only for the administration of our programs but because we share the information with other agencies and with the public. as a result of a lawsuit brought against us under the freedom of information act, we must share death information we collect and maintain from non-state sources. we do so by distributing information through the department of commerce. in sharing this public file subscribers are informed and have been informed for many years that ssa does not have a death record for all persons, that we cannot guarantee the voracity of the file, and that the absence of a particular person is not proof that that person is alive. the department of commerce is authorized to share non-state death informati

in the edr arena, we average a report within five days from date of death. that is very timely. >> those are in the exact form that you want them in correct? >> correct. >> it totally matches your database? >> correct. >> and i could provide what amount of those inquiries do not match. when they send us a name and what doesn't match before they report. i want to make sure i mention that process is the first step before anything is sent to us and name and ssn match. if that occurs we will get the rest of the finish. if it doesn't, it goes back to double-check and make sure they come from the right direction. >> so are you also getting those from their offices of vital statistics, or is it all of the other -- >> all of the other. we could get multiple reports senator, even in an edr state, and it is important to recognize that in those states that have adopted electronic registration, every jurisdiction in the state does not use it equally. some may be at 100% others at a very low rate. there is more work to be done, and part of that i think is a reflection th

being here this afternoon, but i want to first address the heinous and cowardly attacks that occur edred over two brave law enforcement officers last night. i want to be clear. i unequivocally condemn these repugnant attacks. august of us in the law enforcement family and all american as cross the country are praying for the safe recovery of those two officers and i stand ready to offer the full investigative resources of the united states department of justice, the fbi to solve this crime. and to hold these perpetrators fully, fully accountable. now, my brother is a retired law enforcement officer and he always tells me that cops have the right, you know to come home at night. you know and that's exactly right. these are people who protect us who keep us safe and they have the right, they have the right to come home at night. you know seeing this attack last night really kind of turned my stomach because in the last week since the justice department released its pattern and practice report on ferguson i thought we'd begun to see really important signs of progress. they were good faith s

i think it's a tough case because it seems to me that all of these problems occurred edred or at leastblem after the freakout in midair. >> doctor, if a doctor learnst an airline pilot or someone in the sensitive job like that has a profound mental illness, doesn't he have an obligation to alert the airline hipaa laws be damned? >> if he feels that mental behavior will interfere with piloting a plane. it's a good time to point out with the attention on pilots that most of our pilots are putting thousands of hours in the air and doing an incredible job are not impaired. i don't want the public to say, oh, what about my pilot? well, your pilot is probably an incredible shape. if there's evidence of a mental inflection that is interfeerning with performance, yes, then rules be damned they have to report it. >> as a lawyer here we have a guy who frequents out. he's the pilot putting the airplane at risk. and he's suing. ludicrous no? >> unless the airline knew about it. what he's saying, you know, i had this problem, this brain problem, the seizure problem and the airline should have known