We reported before how the SSA supported a “comprehensive plan to improve the Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service” when it issued a list of accomplishments from Pres. Trump’s first 100 days in office. In March 2025, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) “applauded the Trump Administration’s move to step up the fight against identity fraud” with the eCBSV changes. However, fraud-fighting efforts may slow under a new Executive Order issued by the President on June 5, with a fact sheet summarizing that order. That order, in part, repeals the digital identity section of a January cybersecurity executive order from outgoing Pres. Biden.

The Biden order created federal standards around the use of digital identity documents, including requirements that such tools will not enable the surveillance or tracking of individuals. The new order says that the move towards digital identification “risked widespread abuse by enabling illegal immigrants to improperly access public benefits.” Also, the Administration claims that the Biden administration “attempted to sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy.”