Ops Memo 2014-11A: BEACON Identity Match

Overview
Operations Memo 2013-57A introduced the Identity Match page and view and explained that staff must review the Identity Match page when Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) data is discrepant from BEACON data. Operations Memo 2014-11 provided additional guidance on how and when to disposition these matches.

Purpose of Memo
This Operations Memo is a reissuance of Operations Memo 2014-11 to promote revised procedures and new BEACON functionality related to the implementation of the Program Integrity (PI) Checklist and:

• provides common Identity Match examples;
• includes procedures for accepting or ignoring the Identity Match;
• clarifies that the Identity Match is not limited solely to Photo EBT card issuance; and
• explains when to make a Referral to the Fraud Investigation and Data Match (FIDM) Unit.

Obsolete Memo
This Operations Memo obsoletes Operations Memo 2014-11: TAFDC, EAEDC and SNAP: BEACON Identity Match.