the following link will take you to a recently issued GAO report entitled Social Security Numbers: Governments Could Do More to Reduce Display in Public Records and on Identity Cards. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0559.pdf -- Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance