Sharing data across agencies can help achieve these goals, for example, by allowing up-front verification of identity, location, and income when appropriate for benefits programs.

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For example, the company last summer inquired with identity-verification providers about how to get verifiable consent from parents of children who want to use Facebook, the people said.

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While railing against an expanding federal government harming small business in one breath, does it make sense for some Republican presidential candidates, for example, to call for requiring all employers to use an electronic verification system (E-Verify) every time someone in the country is hired?

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