Unfortunately, other State and Federal organizations frequently make similar requests for information. Federal law does allow the Social Security Administration to share prisoner information with other Federal programs for the administration of health and income maintenance programs. Currently, State welfare agencies contact Social Security to obtain prisoner information about Food Stamp applicants. One of the goals of the Social Security Administration’s prisoner-reporting program is to eliminate some of the duplicate requests for prisoner information from Federal agencies. Also, the information that one organization requests may not meet everyone’s needs. However, if your facility does submit the same information to, for example, your State Department of Corrections, please contact your local Social Security office at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/locator and let them know. It may be possible to arrange the forwarding of that information to Social Security. In the meantime, Social Security encourages you to continue to report so that the Social Security Administration can make sure they are not issuing checks that are not due.