It is the end of the winter quarter and I have been very busy with school work, but as I look forward to reaching a fully resolved end to the issue of my name and gender change, I am writing this email to keep you abreast of my formal response to your last email, received Feb. 28th, 2007. I have very thoroughly read over the federal codes which you have quoted to me and I am anticipating delivering a formal, researched, in-depth analysis and response by the first of next week, specifically Monday, March 12th, 2007. You will be pleased to find that these codes ONLY govern and are specifically written to prevent the use of fraudulent social security numbers and to ensure that those numbers in use are correct, it is NOT to regulate personal data, such as names or name changes.

These codes make absolutely no mention at all of regulating personal data/information, but merely, it provides you with a toolbox of possible actions if you suspect any error in someone’s number. To quote the code:

“If the Social Security Administration does not verify the student's social security number on the FAFSA, or the institution has reason to believe that the verified social security number is inaccurate, the student can provide evidence to the institution, such as the student's social security card, indicating the accuracy of the student's social security number.”

This code regulates the “accuracy” of the “number” itself, not the person’s name. And the use of the word “can” above regarding the presentation of a student’s card, clearly indicates that this code is a veritable toolbox to correct numerical errors, not a hard and fast rule (otherwise they would have used a word like “must” or “shall”). And, the code even contains an amazing loophole of clarity at their end which fully absolves both you and I of liability of prosecution if honest discrepancies or errors exist in a person’s specific social security number, making plain even more so that these codes are about the social security number itself. It does not regulate name or name changes.

As I am asking only that the indica of my name and gender be changed and not in any way my social security number, these specific codes are not at issue. Again, my much more detailed analysis is forthcoming, but gladly, I look toward now to fully resolving this issue with you.

Most Sincerely,
Olympia Tveter