Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information gleaned from governmental sources, commercial databases, and online social networks can be used to routinely predict most--and ...

We show how the standard social welfare framework can be used to assess the performance of social safety nets (SSNs) in terms of targeting efficiency and budget effort. We apply this framework to the ...

One of the first things most parents do after a baby is born is apply for a Social Security number for the child. Though he or she might not have a credit card or bank account, children make a ...

For citizens of the US, the social security number (SSN) is the gateway to all things financial. It fills its government purpose of helping us pay our taxes and track our (in many cases, hypothetical) ...

Most IT workers in state and local government know the cliché that asserts citizens should be "online" rather than "in line" when attaining government services. But many of them contend citizens ...