R -- CONSULTING SERVICES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC DEATH

Notice Date

April 6, 2001

Contracting Office

Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279

ZIP Code

21207-5279

E-Mail Address

Joe Tanzi (joe.tanzi@ssa.gov)

Description

Consulting Services for Implementation of Electronic Death Registration -- As required by the Social Security Act, the Social Security Administration obtains death data from States under contract in order to ensure accurate administration of the Social Security programs. Today, death registration is a labor-intensive, essentially paper-based process that requires several professionals in different locations to complete different sections of the death certificate. The integrity of the Social Security programs, as well as other federally funded benefit programs, would be greatly enhanced by the implementation of an automated system for collecting, verifying, and reporting death data within 24 hours of the report of death in the State Vital Records office. SSA has been working with other government users of death data, as well as State registrars and other participants in the death registration process, to move toward full automation of the death registration process. The current proposed project is intended to enhance the groundwork for such automation. It focuses on the development of a comprehensive training plan using a national approach for all prospective participants in Electronic Death Registration, arrange meetings to promote EDR with large Federal Agencies that use death information and to serve as a consultant to states ready to implement EDR. The ultimate success of the full automation initiative depends heavily upon the existence at this stage of both in-depth knowledge of current death registration processes in every State and strong trust relationships that will enhance the open exchange of issues, ideas, and data. This knowledge and relationship comprise a minimum need that SSA has determined can only be satisfied by the unique services of a single source. Therefore, we intend to contract with the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems, Washington, D.C.

Web Link

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Record

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