bylaws and under fcra i thought i was entitled to that information, however the bank refused to give it to me and when later i found out chex systems provided that information, they still refused to provide me with anything. so april of 2010 was when i found out i was on the death master file. >> and is that when you went to the social security administration. >> i had already gone. >> and they told you repeatedly you were okay. >> each time. >> and it was clear you were not okay. and you were being given inaccurate information even though you were going into the office. >> correct. >> thank you. >> again, miss rivers thank you for your testimony. i think every member of this committee offers an apology and our commitment that we'll work with the people in the agencies to try and create law, create legislation that will prevent this from happening to another american. so thank you again for your testimony and you are dismissed. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> our next witness is sean brune and he joins us from the social security administration where he is a senior adviser for budge

by law and under fcra i thought i was entitled to that information. however, the bank refused to give it to me, and later when i found out check systems was the one that supplied that information. they still refused to provide me with anything. so april of 2010 is when i actually found out i was in the file. >> is that when you went to the social security administration? >> again issue had already been. >> several times. >> yes sir. >> and they told you repeatedly you're okay. >> each time. >> but it was clear you were not okay as every time you turned out you were being given inaccurate information, even though you were going into the office. >> correct. >> thank you. >> miss rivers, thank you for your testimony. i think every member of this committee offers an apology and certainly our commitment we'll work with the people in the agencies to try and create law create legislation that will prevent this from happening to another american. so, thank you again for your testimony. you're dismissed. thank you. >>> our next witness will be sean bruin. he j

by laws and under fcra, i thought i was entitled to that information. however the bank refused to give anyway information. check systems. april 2010 was when i found out i was on the death master file. senator: several times you had gone and they told you repeatedly you were ok. clearly you were not ok. you were being given inaccurate information even though you were going to the office? judy rivers: correct. senator: thank you for your testimony. you're dismissed. senator johnson: our next testimony will be sean brune. mr. brune: thank you senator johnson. senator carper members of the committee. i am sean brune senior advisor of finance management at the social security administration. my remark also focus on the accuracy and how we collect that information. to timely stop paying social security beneficiaries who have died and to begin paying benefits to survivors. each year we post about 2.8 million death reports from family members, funeral homes and states. this information serves us well sprepting about $50 million in improper payments each month.

by law and under fcra i thought i was entitled to that information. however, the bank refused to give it to me, and later when i found out check systems was the one that supplied that information. they still refused to provide me with anything. so april of 2010 is when i actually found out i was in the file. >> is that when you went to the social security administration? >> again issue had already been. >> several times. >> yes sir. >> and they told you repeatedly you're okay. >> each time. >> but it was clear you were not okay as every time you turned out you were being given inaccurate

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