Social Security plans to share information from its Social Security number records with Treasury’s Do Not Pay system to check benefit eligibility, and public comments are due 30 days after its Nov. 3 notice
By Daniel Harper,
Anyone who holds a Social Security number is covered by a records notice the Social Security Administration published Nov. 3, 2026, which adds a routine use letting the agency disclose information to Treasury’s Do Not Pay Working System. Public comments are due 30 days after publication, which falls on Dec. 3, 2026. The notice describes the purpose as reviewing SSA’s payment and award eligibility.
The filing is a proposal to change how one records system is used, not an announcement that any benefit will stop. SSA published it as Federal Register document 2026-22356 under docket SSA-2026-0760, and the new routine use takes effect 30 days after publication, the same date comments close.
What the notice adds to the Social Security number file
The system at issue is the Master Files of Social Security Number Holders and SSN Applications, system 60-0058, last published Feb. 20, 2025. As the title says, it covers number holders and number applicants. That is a broader group than people who receive benefits, since a person can hold a number for decades before claiming anything.
The added item is routine use No. 48. It lets SSA disclose information to the Department of the Treasury to review SSA’s payment and award eligibility through the Do Not Pay Working System. The text says the disclosure is “for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping improper payments” to applicants for or recipients of federal funds, including state-disbursed funds.
The notice states that disclosures must meet the requirements in 20 CFR 401.150(c). Under that regulation, SSA may disclose information without a person’s consent
