identity may not be a part of the ssa mission statement, there is no question in 2018 the ssa is in the identity business. time to acknowledge the fact and then take a step back to contemplate what it means. having agencies like ssa accept their role may be the most impactful thing that the government can do to help solve the identity challenges. specifically like allowing consumers to start asking agencies that have the personal information -- the ssa and department of motor vehicles have the most to offer in this. and this was in the report -- they should develop standards and rules to make sure this done in a secure privacy protected microsecond to get it started. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i look forward to answering your questions. >> "b", sir. thank you for being here. please proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member. i think the committee for the opportunity to testify. one of the leading scientists of the 20th century said that an expert is an individual who has made all possible errors in a particular field and i think that qualifies me as an ex

si it does not mean we need to replace them with some sort of new ssa issued identifier. i have yet to see a proposal not involving spending billions of dollars and confusing americans with very little security benefit. third on the authentication topic there's good news. multistake efforts have 0 developed standards for next generation authentication that are being embedded in most devices. the government can play a role in accelerating the pace of adoption. even if we assume the ssn publicly known, it doesn't mean it needs to be used everywhere. many members would like to reduce where they use the ssn due to the risks it presents to them. they're running up against laws and regulations that require them to collect and retain the ssn. the issue goes beyond the future use of the nine-digit number. what role should the government play in the future of the identity ecosystem. having agencies like ssa accept their role may be the most impactive thing the government can do. specifically like allowing consumers to start asking agencies that have their personal information to v

there is no question that in 2018, the ssa is in the identity business. it is time to acknowledge that fact then contemplate what that means. having agencies like ssa accepted their role here maybe the most impactful thing the government can do to help solve our challenges. by allowing consumers to ask agencies that have their personal information to vouch for them. departmentsother can offer a lot, this was embraced in the 2016 report from the bipartisan commission on enhancing cybersecurity, the federal government should work to develop a framework of standards and goals to make sure this is done in a secure way and fund work to get it started. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today and look forward to your questions. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman and ranking members, i think the committee for the opportunity to testify. one of the leading scientists of the 20th century said that an expert is an individual who has made all possible errors in a particular field. i think that qualifies me as an expert since i've been involved in programs lik

ssa has a budget for staff and other resources. can you just say a word about what the social security administration does with that money? >> thank you senator warren, i'd be happy to. we have over 1200 field offices across the country. we dedicate over 56% of our entire budget to staff. that is folks who work in field offices, hearing offices -- >> but could you say a word about what they do for seniors? >> sure, happy to. on any given day someone walking into our field office may be coming in to file a retirement claim or a combination retirement and medicare claim. they may be coming in to file for disability benefits, to get a replacement social security card, if they're already receiving benefits -- disability benefits, they may be reporting their wage which is can impact their benefit amounts. we're doing program integrity reviews to make sure people are still eligible for benefits on a continuing basis so we don't create overpayments. but we're also -- and i think this is something that's less understood. we're providing a

can you dictate what about what the ssa does with that money? >> thank you, senator warren. i would be happy to. we have over 1200 field offices across the country. we dedicate over 56 percent of our entire budgets to staff. that is folks who work in field offices, hearing offices -- >> but what they do. >> sure. on any given day someone walking into our field office may be coming in to file a retirement claim for a combination retirement and medicare claim they might be coming into file for disability benefits. you get a replacement social security card. if they are already receiving benefits, they may be reporting their wages. which can impact their benefit amounts. we are doing program integrity reviews to ensure that people are still eligible for benefits on a continuing basis. so that we don't create overpayments. we are also, and i think this is something that is less understood. we are providing a tremendous amount of information and counseling in a way. if people, they have lots of questions about social security. our frontline staff is very knowledgeable. very well

ssa and the stakeholders provided their perspective on the implication to elevate the card. one advantage is to ensure the accuracy with that of relying on someone memory but this advantage -- disadvantage is that to ensure the identity of the cardholder so other forms are usually needed. however most of the stakeholders indicated the process would not change significantly if the card was illuminated to use other documents for verification or electronically verify with ssa. officials provided their perspective that illuminating theof card could result in a limited cost savings if any in 2016 estimate the cost to produce the card range between six dollars for a replacement card online or $34 requested in person at a field office. these estimates include technology paper printing postage and overhead if the card were illuminated only some of these cost would be saved because of the labor and other costal needed to generate new t ssn. a conservative estimate based on the printing and paper mailing costd account for only 60 cents of the cost of the card ssa officials said the ag

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services -- >> what. >> ssa. space situational aware nils. dod free of charge will help people if they ask for it to be warned if there is a possibility their satellite is going to hit a piece of debris or another satellite. and so from an ssa perspective, space situational awareness, a number of questions we have to answer. in the dod isn't go to keep doing this, which government agent will do it. do we need ha government agent to do it. if it is a government agent what agent, how should the private sector be involved, and how do these activities relate both to the s and t function and to the behavior function? that comes to the last bucket. which is within the question of behavior, this is where people really get interested, because what you are really talking about ultimately what do you want people to do up there. do you want them to turn left or right to avoid each other? do you need to force them to do it? or do you need to incentivize them to do it? do you want them to force their satellites ba can into th

this new policy sets priorities for ssa and space traffic management which we hope to encourage. thatommercial sat in a sector promotes norms across the space community and will align agencies to do what they do best, the commerce department for interfacing with rapid changes and the defense department for keeping a single to focus on space war fighting capabilities, which sadly are increasingly needed as we move forward. so we are getting the roles and missions of our agencies in alignment. the domestic and international demand for mobile broadband continues to grow and there are a lot of companies eager to provide services for this. this is not unrelated to competition for 5g and the role of china and 5g competition, it also has a space aspect. the u.s. has a strong entrepreneurial satellite communications industry, and to ensure wethe retain advantages supported by services, the u.s. needs to open competitive markets, to protect spectrum allocation for space services to compete. radio waves don't stop at borders. in one country could preclude the use of satellite service in ne

as we look at this, this new policy sets priorities for ssa, which we hope will encourage the growth of the commercial sector, establishes a modern space travel architecture, promotes norms across the international community. and it will really align agencies to do really what they're supposed to be doing best. interfacing with rapid changes and freeing up time to focus on space war fighting capabilities, which sadly are increasingly need. so we're getting the roles and missions of our agencies and alignment. as i mentioned earlier, the domestic and international demand from old broad band continues to grow, and there are a lot of services eager to provide for this. i should mention this is not unrelated to the competition for 5-g and the role of china in 5-g competition also has a space aspect to it. in addition, the united states has a strong and entrepreneurial satellite industry, and to ensure we attain the strategic advantages, the united states needs to continue to open and promote competitive markets and protect spectrum allocation for space services to compete. since radio wa

and so from an ssa perspective, a number of questions. we have to answer. and if the dod isn't going to keep doing this which government agent or has any government agent and do we need a government agent, and if it is what and how should it off with the private sector, how do these relate to the function and to the behavior function? that comes to the last bucket, which is within the question of behavior -- this is where people get interested, because what you talk about ultimately is what you want people to do up there? do you want them to turn left or right to avoid each other? do you need to force them or incentivize them to do it? do you want people to develop do you want them to turn left or ways to minimize debris falling off anyone force their satellites to go back in the atmosphere? it's about behavior. how you make that thing, and how you get rid of it. in the behavior spectrum you have these tools. you could have noncoercive behavior bottom-up behavior like a developers contract or bottom down behavior which everything from an international regim

now, as we look at this, this new policy sets priorities for ssa and space traffic management, which we hope will encourage the growth of the commercial sector establishes architecture, promotes across the community. and really will align agencies to do what they're supposed to be doing best. the commerce department for talking industry and interfacing with rapid changes and the defense department is keeping of a single catalog, the authoritative catalog, but freeing up time and attention to focus on space war-fighting capabilities, which sadly are increasingly needed, as we move forward. so we're getting the roles and missions of our agencies in alignment. as i mentioned earlier, the domestic and international demand for mobile broadband continues to grow, and there are a lot of companies eager to provide services for this. i should mention that this is not unrelated to the competition for 5g. the role of china. and 5g competition also has a space aspect to it. because in addition to our communications industry, the united states has a strong and entrepreneurial satellite communicat

i was teaching high school in a odesza, -- in ssa, in west texas. and i said to myself, luanne, you are never going to fall in love with a man. quit waiting for that to happen. but you do need to get married. so just pick out a nice fellow, mary him and get it over with -- and get it over with. it wasn't long after i made that decision to marry without love, that a friend arranged a blind date for me. he was a nice fellow, a schoolteacher, with aspirations to be a school administrator. and this appealed to me because my dad was a school administrator. his dad was a southern baptist preacher. he loved children, he very much wanted to have a family and i wanted to have children. so i asked myself, what more is it that i am looking for? he fits the bill. ofwere married in march 1963. it wasn't long after we married, when i realized i had made a terrible mistake. i was very unhappy. but by the time i began to seriously consider divorce, we ad had our first child, little boy named after his dad. and as i contemplated asking for a divorce, i told myself i

and so, from an ssa perspective there is a number of questions we have to answer. if the dod will not keep doing this, which government agent, if any government agent, will he do it and will we need a government agent to do it? if so and to what end? how should the private sector be involved? how do these activities relate to the functions?and that comes to the last part. within the question behavior, this is what people really get interesting. what you're really talking ultimately is what you want people to do up there? do you want them to turn left or right to avoid each other? do you need to force them to do it? you need to incentivize them to do it? do people to develop ways to minimize debris falling off? you want the divorce the satellites back in the atmosphere? it is really about behavior. how you make it, launch it and get rid of it and how you operate it. on the behavior spectrum we have all of these different solutions. depending on your perspective. you can have noncoercive bottoms up. noncoercive bottoms down behavior. everything from the international

115,000 customers during the period this ahead of a planned merger between npower and the retail power of ssaa confirms the outlook amid falls in customers. the british gas owner which is in the midst of restructuring said around 800,000 customers on standard variable tariffs would be lost. >>> quick look at how oil prices are trading today. coming off some of the peaks we've seen in recent sessions as we continue to test out the november 2014 highers. down 1/2 a percent brent reversing from the highs of last week down by the same amounts, 76.74 the handle. >>> meantime hadley gamble spoke to the ceo of austrian company borealis she asked how the investment in the u.s. has been progressing. >> we're very positive on the u.s. because the shale oil, shale gas through the polyethylene and even through into polypropylene from the propane, we think that will be very strong. we've got a large project together with total. we're building $3.2 billion complex near houston and we think that that's going to be the future really the u.s. for the next 15, 20 years looks very, very promising. >> so donald

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when ssa it sounded like the plane was having engine trouble . >> it looks like it was a stall.hat is what it look like. >> as soon as he went sideways he lost the left. he just went straight down. you knew it was not going to be good. >> reporter: the single-engine plane is a home built plane venues for aerobatics. investigators have cleared the scene and i reached out to the faa for more information. i am still waiting to hear back. elissa harrington, ktvu, fox 2 news . >>> police continue to investigate a stabbing last night. officers were called to dolores park to break up a fight. they found a man who had been stabbed and was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. police questioned several but not arrested a suspect they are also not releasing any other information at this time. >>> organizers are getting ready for the presidio commemoration in san francisco.. it is followed by a profession of military veterans, their families, and military dignitaries. the formal ceremony is at 11:00 and speakers include gavin newsom, mark farrell, and several decorated veterans

i was talking to him, and o ssa can you imagine being in an elevator for that long by yourself? get to hear the life that was given back. this is whey went on to do. >> so grateful and so thankful. it's a beautiful story. >> thanks, sheinelle. >>> coming up, it's that time of year, folks. it's sales time. we have the best buys of the summer. you're going to want to grab them right now. them right now. this is "today" on nbc. when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first responders went to work. and mayor gavin newsom, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull, he only showed up for work at the state capitol one day a week, tops. gavin's not gonna work as governor. >>> we are back with "your consumer." our series full of savvy shopping tips. this morning, we have your back on the much-needed summer supplies. >> that's right. digital editor of consumerreports.com. we love when they do the work r us. >> we bring the great product for summer, right? >> yes. yo

>> let's come back to the bigger -- big theme. 4 1/2 years ago you were on and you introduced this ssakay. so much of it is going to samsung, apple, amazon so much of it is going online or people using their phone the environment you're describing is one in which the old retailers have been benefiting >> a lot of investors are being -- becoming optimistic and thinking you've got a new world where there's an equilibrium where retail an survive with the amazons of the world i don't think that's the case. what happened, sales jumped up for everybody. >> they are benefitting from this overall surge in consumer spending but the trend itself on not changed. >> correct that quarter we had was 2013 we call it a new paradigm because of -- mainly because the smartphones and also the ipad had just come out. at that point, the s&p for retail has completely underperformed started performing really well the last year but we think it's going to getbetter again because we can't see how amazon is just going to carry on hurting everybody else >> okay. so longer term, it's the trend remains the same trad

. >> i sit to as a professional but it also set your ssas of my brother christmas visit my other brother luke who happens to be a game ends on a personal level the hate i seen a different experiences and be suffocating. and i know that the history of disability rights movement and disability community, people were warehoused in institutions because so often not the dems themselves but individuals with disabilities were sent less human. when we see the underreporting and then not frequent enough appropriate characterizations of hate crimes against people with disabilities as hate crimes, not as pranks, things like that, then it shows that fear continues to escalate. it keeps people behind close doors and that's were dangerous things happen. it isolates people. it makes families like my own family feel that individuals with this post may be better off if their altogether summer because maybe a safe and that's the wrong message. that's the importance of prosecuting hate crimes and looking at releasing the humanity everywhere else. that's one of the wonderful, wonderful things micah said i t