West Virginia Watch, News from the States – West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday he’s inclined to comply with a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to supply personal data for state residents who rely on a federal food assistance program.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked states to turn over the information, including recipients’ names, dates of birth, personal addresses and Social Security numbers to comply with a Trump executive order called “Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos.”
The request also included records to calculate the amount of SNAP benefits they got over time.
