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In the News (Wed 11 Nov 09)

  
  Secretary of State pulls Social Security numbers from site
The Social Security numbers could be viewed on the Secretary of State's Web site in links to financial documents, such as state and federal lien statements.
Ostergren said the Secretary of State's Office should have acted before she called.
Gail Dent, whose Social Security number had been available on the Web site, said she and her husband want a formal apology from Secretary of State Jan Brewer.
www.azcentral.com /12news/news/articles/0330internetexposure-ON-CP.html   (522 words)

  
  Secretary of State article - Secretary of State United Kingdom History Principal Secretary State (c. 1253–1539) ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Secretary of State positions can be created without primary legislation; and legislation refers to 'Secretary of State', which is a notional position split between all the Secretaries of State depending upon the functions.
In the federal government of the United States of America, the main role of the Secretary of State is to supervise and conduct foreign policy.
In many states the state secretary of state is often third in line to assume the office of governor upon death or resignation of the incumbent, after the lieutenant governor.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Secretary_of_State   (1302 words)

  
 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a position in the UK cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions.
It was created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.
In 1966 the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Social Security, but this proved to be shortlived as the Ministry merged with the Ministry of Health in 1968 to form the Department of Health and Social Security.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Social_Security   (631 words)

  
 social security - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about social security
The term ‘social security’ was first applied officially in the USA, in the Social Security Act of 1935.
The federal government is responsible for social security (Medicare, retirement, survivors', and disability insurance); unemployment insurance is covered by a joint federal-state system for industrial workers, but few in agriculture are covered; and welfare benefits are the responsibility of individual states, with some federal assistance.
In 1997, 42% of the social security budget was spent on the elderly, 24% on the sick and disabled, and 9% on the unemployed.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Social+Security   (667 words)

  
 Secretary of State
The ancient English monarchs always had in attendance a learned ecclesiastic, known at first as their clerk, and afterwards as "secretary", who conducted the royal correspondence; but it was not until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558 - 1603) that these functionaries gained the title "Secretaries of State".
Secretary of State for India (1858 - 1947; from 1935 known as India and Burma)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997 - 2001; divided)
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/secretary_of_state.html   (1372 words)

  
 Alistair Darling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Right Honourable Alistair Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and is Secretary of State for Transport and separately Secretary of State for Scotland.
In 1998 he was made Secretary of State for Social Security replacing Harriet Harman who had been dismissed.
In 2001, the department for Social Security was abolished and replaced with the new department of Work and Pensions which also took employment away from the education portfolio.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alistair_Darling   (320 words)

  
 United Kingdoms Ministers
She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Transport 1985-87, to the Minister of State of Transport 1986-87 and to the Secretary of State of Transport 1987-88.
1989-90 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Social Security
1998-2001 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Social Security
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 Secretary of state Article, Secretarystate Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Secretary of State positions can be created withoutprimary legislation; and legislation refers to 'Secretary of State', which is a notional position split between all theSecretaries of State depending upon the functions.
In the federal government of the United States of America, the mainrole of the Secretary of State isto supervise and conduct foreign policy.
In the individual states of the United States, the Secretary of State is normally an administrative officer responsible forcertifying elections and maintaining corporate registrations.
www.anoca.org /sir/affairs/secretary_of_state.html   (1215 words)

  
 Hockenjos v Secretary of State for Social Security [2004] EWCA Civ 1749 Judgment (21 December 2004)
The burden is on the Secretary of State to justify the discrimination that undoubtedly arises from the legislation, as it presently exists.
The Secretary of State has, on the evidence, never applied his mind to the question of whether there is better or different way of achieving the policy aim that would avoid, or the very least diminish, the discrimination, which is at present considerable.
Accordingly, once the Secretary of State shows that the single payment rule is a suitable means of distributing the benefit and that some rule of that nature has to be imposed, it is not open to the court to reject it on the grounds that some other rule would, in its judgment, have been fairer.
www.fathercare.org /hockenjos.htm   (18875 words)

  
 ALAN TURNER v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, 21 December 2001, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom+Lord Coulsfield+Lord ...
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, 21 December 2001, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom+Lord Coulsfield+Lord Nimmo Smith
Eligibility for the mobility component of DLA was prescribed by section 73 of the 1992 Act and by regulation 12 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991.
Secretary of State for Social Services, ex parte Connolly [1986] 1 W.L.R. 421 with regard to the proper approach to be taken by the court in assessing a decision given by a Commissioner without reasons.
www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/XA30_07.html   (2087 words)

  
 Secretary of State -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1854 a fourth Secretary of State gained the exclusive charge of the War Department, and in 1858 a fifth Secretary (for (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India) began duties.
In some states, the Secretary of State handles (Click link for more info and facts about driver's license) driver's licenses and license plates and certifies state documents and (Click link for more info and facts about notaries public) notaries public.
In many states the state secretary of state is often third in line to assume the office of (The head of a state government) governor upon death or resignation of the incumbent, after the (An elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States) lieutenant governor.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/secretary_of_state.htm   (2081 words)

  
 Lawguru.com - Legal News Article #38758 - MI Secretary of State Opposes Mandatory Social Security Numbers for Driver's ...
Secretary of State Candice Miller is fighting a federal requirement that Michigan residents give Social Security numbers to get or renew their driver's licenses.
It is possible for a state to be granted an exemption, but the state's reason for requesting it would be have to be greater than the government's need for the Social Security numbers, Kharfen said.
When drivers get or renew their licenses, their Social Security numbers will be cross-checked against a list of delinquent parents so that officials can keep them off the roads until they pay up.
www.lawguru.com /newsletters/2000/06/38758.html   (431 words)

  
 Government Site Had Id-Theft Potential Secretary of State Posted Social Security Numbers - Technology - RedOrbit
The personal information was removed from Secretary of State Debra Bowen's Web site earlier this week after a state legislator notified her office of the situation and the vulnerability to identity theft.
It also would prohibit the secretary of state from releasing full SSNs to the public.
She wrote several bills on the subject, including measures to prevent businesses from using Social Security numbers as public identifiers for customers; preventing public colleges and universities from using Social Security numbers as student identifiers; and removing the printing of full credit card numbers on receipts.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/880063/government_site_had_idtheft_potential_secretary_of_state_posted_social/index.html?source=r_technology   (709 words)

  
 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was created in 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment (before 1995 which was an independent Department for Employment, and the Department for Social Security.
It is the successor to the latter, which itself represents a restoration of the short-lived Ministry of Social Security, which merged in 1968 to form the Department for Health and Social Security.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/SECRETARY+OF+STATE+FOR+SOCIAL+SECURITY   (176 words)

  
 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Security was a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Health and Social Security.
In 1988 the role was split with the department into the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Moore continued as Social Security Secretary, and Ken Clarke was made Health Secretary.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/SECRETARY+OF+STATE+FOR+HEALTH+AND+SOCIAL+SECURITY   (120 words)

  
 Annual report by the Secretary of State for Social Security on the Social Fund 1991-92
This is the fourth annual report to Parliament on the operation of the Social Fund for Great Britain, and is reported as required by section 167(5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, which consolidates provisions formerly in the Social Security Act 1986.
The report concludes that the Social Fund continues to complement the main income-related benefits, responding to a wide range of needs, and reports that in the past year both the amount and the number of Social Fund payments have increased, and that the payments have been delivered faster than ever before.
The total expenditure from the Social Fund on all the regulated and discretionary payments was £361 million, with nearly £85 million being spent on maternity and funeral payments and cold weather payments, and just over £276 million on the discretionary payments.
www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref23682.html   (265 words)

  
 Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - John Major   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1985 he was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security at the Department of Health and Social Security.
Promoted to Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled in 1986, he remained in that post until appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury after the June, 1987, general election.
In 1989 he served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister of Overseas Development from July to October, when he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a post he held until his being named prime minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service on 28 November 1990.
www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime57.html   (296 words)

  
 LIST OF CASES / Walter v Secretary of State for Social Security 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Secretary of State for Social Security [2002], ICR 540, ([2001] EWCA Civ 1913), CA, (2001 Oct 25 and Dec 6, Peter Gibson, Robert Walker and Keene L.JJ)
The claimant was a full-time university student who became pregnant and was granted leave of absence by the university for the period of her pregnancy until her return to full-time study.
She applied for jobseeker's allowance during that time but was refused on the ground that she was a student within the meaning of regulations 1(3) and 15 of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 and therefore ineligible under section 1(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 for such support.
www.emplaw.co.uk /load/4frame/data/2002540.htm   (484 words)

  
 Howker v. Secretary of State for Social Security - summary
Secretary of State for Social Security - summary
The appeal did not succeed but Commissioner Howell noted that there had been "a piece of extremely sharp practice in the dealings of departmental policy officials with the (Social Security Advisory) Committee" when amendments were submitted to them for consideration.
"Where, as in the present case, the Secretary of State through his officials has misled the Committee by information which is obviously incorrect if comparison is made between the old Reg.
www.disabilityalliance.org /howk3.htm   (362 words)

  
 Secretary of State offices to require social security numbers for verification 05/02/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Secretary of State offices to require social security numbers for verification 05/02/04
The Department of State has developed strict internal controls and special procedures to safeguard SSNs and ensure that the privacy of Michigan residents will be protected.
It will not be necessary to present an actual Social Security card when applying for a driver's license.
www.pressandguide.com /stories/050204/loc_20040502007.shtml   (502 words)

  
 DANIEL ONIFADE v. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, 29 March 1999, Sheriff I.D. MacPhail
Paragraph 1301 states that persons who are already in the UK with limited leave to remain in the country "will usually have entered the country with limited leave under a condition that there is no recourse to public funds." Paragraph 1303 states: "If it is not clear what the person's current immigration status is.
First, after the appeal to the Tribunal, the Secretary of State directed that payment of income support to the pursuer should be suspended pending the determination of the appeal to the Commissioner.
The plaintiff had appealed successfully to the Social Security Appeal Tribunal and now claimed damages for loss amounting to £701.50 in respect of legal fees for the conduct of his appeal to the Tribunal, £65 in respect of personal expenses and unquantified aggravated damages in respect of worry, distress, anxiety and inconvenience caused to him.
www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/A9_98.html   (9031 words)

  
 Louisiana Department of the Treasury - State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy
The Office of the State Treasurer’s Social Security Division is responsible for administering the Social Security and Medicare coverage program for all state and local (public) governmental employers throughout the State of Louisiana.
State employees who vote YES will begin paying the Medicare tax (1.45%) effective October 1, 2005.
Certain positions were excluded from Section 218 coverage and continue to be excluded despite Mandatory Social Security laws.
www.treasury.state.la.us /socialsecurity.htm   (442 words)

  
 John Major
In 1985 he was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security at the Department of Health and Social Security and was promoted to Minister of State for Social Security and the disabled in 1986, remaining in this post until his appointment as Chief Secretary to the Treasury following the general election of June 1987.
He served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from July to October 1989, when he became Chancellor of Exchequer.
He was joint Secretary of the Conservative Back-Bench Environment Committee from 1979 to 1981; parliamentary consultant to the Guild of Glass Engravers from 1979 to 1983; and President of the Eastern Area Young Conservatives from 1983 to 1985.
www.lecturenow.com /People/JohnMajor.htm   (352 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Business - Crisis looming? Just pension off another minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Back then, Harriet Harman was Secretary of State for Social Security and, while John Denham was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary with responsibility for pensions, Frank Field, the first Minister of State for Welfare Reform, was memorably instructed by Tony Blair to "think the unthinkable".
By July 1998, Alistair Darling was Secretary of State for Social Security and Mr Denham was made Minister for Pensions, though he was replaced a mere six months later by Stephen Timms, who, in turn, was replaced by Jeff Rooker in July 1999.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has reportedly already drawn the ire of Gordon Brown over his proposed timing of pensions plans, the Chancellor warning that any radical change may need to be put on hold until after the next election.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=1684962005   (743 words)

  
 NBC5.com - News - New Driver's License System Protects Against ID Theft
When applying for a new license, the secretary of state will not only ask you to prove who you are, they will check it out online.
Those who are part of the other 4 percent can expect a letter from the secretary of state and won't be able to renew their licenses until they clear up any discrepancies.
The secretary of state will be taking advantage of new facial recognition software, comparing the pictures taken at the Department of Motor Vehicles to their database, checking for duplicates.
www.nbc5.com /news/3289677/detail.html   (537 words)

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