The Privacy Act of 1974 places restrictions on the Federal, state and local agencies' use of the Social Security account number as an identifier. For some agencies, compliance will involve changes in implementation of retrieval algorithms. This report describes methodology applicable to these changes in the more general context of the problem of…

Presents recommendations to increase local and individual institutional responsibility and control, increase contact between individuals and institutions, put individuals on notice about information practices of educational institutions, introduce clear and firm degrees of accountability regarding handling of personal information, and give…