ELECTRONIC BENEFIT DELIVERY USING CARD TECHNOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G01353R001500150006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 8, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20503
FROM: Joseph R. Wright, J
Acting Director
SUBJECT: Electronic Benefi Delivery Using Card Technology
The Office of Managemen/ and Budget, with the Department of
the Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS) as the lead
line agency, is initiating a government-wide program to improve
the quality of service delivery to qualified recipients of
federal benefits by using modern cost-effective technology. The
goal of this program is to minimize check issuance and paperwork
and increase convenience to the beneficiaries by offering them
access by card to their funds via automated teller machines,
point-of-sale terminals, and, potentially, smart card terminals.
In many cases cash benefits can be provided directly to
beneficiaries' bank accounts electronically through Direct
Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer (DD/EFT). This technique,
widely used for payment of federal salaries and federally
administered benefits, is the most cost-effective way to deliver
benefits and should be given priority. Where DD/EFT is not
appropriate -- for example, when recipients have no bank accounts
-- other techniques including use card technology should be
explored to reach beneficiaries electronically. I have attached
for your information a report, "Applications of Computer Card
Technology," prepared by the Inspector General of the Department
of Labor. and published under the auspices of the President's
Council on Integrity and Efficiency, describing Federal, State,
local, and university applications which are improving services
while reducing costs and paperwork.
Please review all programs which deliver cash and non-cash
benefits to individual recipients and submit to OMB by January 4,
1989, a complete inventory of potential benefit programs where
delivery via plastic access card and available electronic
technology may be appropriate. Where your agency is already
using this technology, please describe the mechanism and extent
of use.
The staff contacts for questions are Suzanne Duval on 395-
6107 and John Galligan on 287-0751.
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