Death data in the United States are collected and maintained by state vital records offices, but the information is needed for federal agencies like the Social Security Administration to identify eligible individual survivor benefits and prevent improper payments to dead people. According to a recent report from the National Academy of Public Administration, agencies are still fighting over this data.

Natalie Alms is a staff writer at FCW covering federal technology policy, service delivery, customer experience and the government's tech workforce. She joined the podcast to discuss the report and her story headlined "Agencies Are Still Wrangling Over Death Data" about the report.

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