article_snippet: But the Social Security Administration would be costly and time-consuming to update 6.5 million files that were generated decades ago, when the Social Security Administration used paper records, said Sean Brune, a senior adviser to the Social Security Administration's deputy commissioner for budget, finance, quality and management. '
article_snippet: The records in this review are extremely old, decades-old, and unreliable,' Brune said.
article_snippet: We can't post information to We records based on presumption,' Brune said. '
article_snippet: Some of our records based on evidence may not even exist,' Brune added.
article_snippet: Nearly all the Social Security numbers are from paper records generated before the inspector general's report started using electronic records in 1972, Brune said.
article_snippet: Many of our records based on evidence contain errors, with multiple birthdates and bits of information about different family members. '
article_snippet: We did transcribe paper records into the electronic system and over time that information's been purified,' Brune said. '