Social Security's O'Carroll Apologizes for Sloppiness, Meeting Luetkemeyer Thursday

In a telephone call this morning in Washington, D.C., the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration (SSA) apologized for the agency's "sloppiness" in releasing the wrong information about whether the agency accessed private conceal and carry information of thousands of Missourians and agreed to a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) later this week.

U.S. Social Security Administration Inspector General (SSA OIG) Patrick O'Carroll, Jr. first apologized specifically for telling Luetkemeyer that the SSA had accessed the private information sent by the state when it had not accessed that information. The face-to-face meeting between Luetkemeyer and O'Carroll will take place the morning of Thursday, April 18, in Washington, D.C.

"I think the people of Missouri deserve this apology from the Inspector General who obviously is as embarrassed by this as I am furious about it. The Inspector General agreed that the agency had been extremely sloppy in how it had handled this entire affair and we are preparing for our meeting with him and his quality assurance staff to get to the bottom of this very troubling situation," Luetkemeyer said. "If there is a silver lining here, it is that the Inspector General reiterated to me numerous times that absolutely no personal information was released to federal agencies."

Along with discussing the specifics of the agency's activities, Luetkemeyer said O'Carroll plans to answer the 10 questions the congressman submitted last week regarding the release of personal information.

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