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Data On Local People
To Go On Computers?
NEW YORK, July 22- Much more is known about the personal affairs of each and every resident of Rappahannock County than they would imagine.
In the official records of Federal, state and local bureaus and in the private files of other organizations is a mass of data covering the social and economic lives of each local person. Where he was born, how much education he ha shad, his marital setup, his earning capacity, where he lived previously, whether he owns his home or rents, whether or not his wife works, if he owns a washing machine, his police record, if he has one, how much he pays in taxesthese and many other facts about him are all in the records.
What brings this matter to the fore at this time is a plan, now under consideration in Washington, for an electronic data center that would bring together and put into computers the wealth of information that is now spread among many governmental agencies in Washington and elsewhere. One such agency i6 the Social Security Administration. Its files contain information on the earning and employment records of some 2,300 local people who are now hold ing down jobs, or are selfemployed or are retired. Another source is the FBI, which has the fingerprints of approximately 2,000 residents of Rappahannock County on up. Included are the fingerprints of government employees, of men and women who have served in the armed forces, of people who have been charged with felonies and of many others. Much information concerning local individuals has also emerged from the surveys
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