Employment verification
Subtitle: federal agencies have taken steps to improve E-Verify, but significant challenges remain : report to the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives
Contributors: Stana, Richard M.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Rules and practice; Evaluation; Foreign workers; Government policy; Employee screening; Illegal aliens; Employment; Foreign worker certification; United States. Social Security Administration; United States; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Other titles: Federal agencies have taken steps to improve E-Verify, but significant challenges remain
Description: E-Verify is a system to electronically verify work eligibility and operated by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). GAO testified in June 2008 that ensuring accuracy and combating fraud were challenges facing E-Verify. As requested, GAO examined the extent to which USCIS and SSA took efforts to (1) reduce tentative nonconfirmations (TNC) and E-Verify's vulnerability to fraud, (2) safeguard employee personal information, and (3) prepare for possible mandatory use by all employers nationwide. GAO reviewed key policy and procedural documents, interviewed relevant DHS and SSA officials, and conducted site visits to three states selected, in part, based on employer types. GAO recommends, among other things, that USCIS disseminate information to employees on the importance of consistently recording their names, DHS components develop procedures to help employees correct inaccurate personal information, USCIS develop reliable cost estimates for E-Verify, and SSA assess risks associated with its E-Verify workload costs.
Notes: Title from cover screen (viewed Jan. 20, 2011).

"December 2010."

"GAO-11-146."

Includes bibliographical references.

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