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I'm confused by why you're asking the question in response to my other question. Personally I would prefer that the US government collects certain identity info
by jimkleiber 5y ago
I'm confused by why you're asking the question in response to my other question. Personally I would prefer that the US government collects certain identity info (name, photo, birthdate, SSN) directly rather than using indirect private contractors because then we as citizens would have more say over what happens to the info and its collection.
I'm confused by your question because I get the impression you were assuming I wanted to delegate such info collection to a 3rd party and that you would not that want, but maybe I've got that wrong. Is that what you were implying?
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoI was really just saying that the current reality seems to be that no matter what one's position on the US government collecting and storing information, the situation on the ground is that it's actually be done by private corporations, which I would think many people regard fairly differently.
- jimkleiber 5y agoAh, I think I understand. That no matter if the "government" is doing it, the government almost always contracts it out to a private firm? I think yes that's the case and yet I do think there are some services that are more in-house to the government and less farmed out, but I'm not sure. For example, I think the unemployment departments at the state level are often government-run, but I could be wrong. Not sure how much the passport process is contracted out, but I would assume not too much but maybe it is.