Electronic Delivery of Federal and State Benefits -- Issues for Low
Income Recipient
Selected Characteristics of State EBT Systems Table
Comments of NCLC, Consumers Union, and eight other groups to USDA
regarding Proposed Changes to Food Stamps EBT Regulations (September
7, 2001) Full Text
Order form to receive a handbook for New York public assistance recipients
on EBT rights and responsibilities (July 2001) Form
Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the EFT Requirements of the
Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1996 and the Use of ETAs (June 20,
2001) Full Text
Findings From A Survey of New York City EBT (February, 2001) Full Text
Consumer Banking and Payments
Law
Credit, Debit, ATM and Stored Value Cards; Checks; Money
Orders; E-Sign and UETA; Electronic Banking and Benefit Payments
Findings From the First Multi-State Survey of EBT Recipients (February,
2001) Full Text
Barbara Leyser: "Recepients Concerns with the Use of Electronic Benefit
Transfer Systems for the Delivery of State and Federal Benefits" (Clearinghouse
Review Vol. 32, Nos. 5-6, Sept.-Oct. 1998, pp. 216-251) Full
Text
The comments of NCLC - as well as two dozen other consumer and community
groups on Treasury' proposal to regulate the delivery of federal benefits
through check cashers (April, 1999) Full Text
The comments of NCLC, as well as over a dozen other national and local
consumer and community groups, regarding Treasury's proposed special
new account (called the "ETA") for unbanked recipients of federal benefits
to receive their payments electronically (January, 1999) Full Text
A consumer ed piece on federal recipients' rights to continue receiving
paper checks, despite the requirement for electronic deposits (November,
1998) Full Text
NCLC's Comments on the Electronics Benefits Transfer Benefit Adjustments
(July 24, 1998) Full Text
The comments of NCLC, as well as over a dozen other national and local
consumer and community groups, regarding Treasury's proposed regulations
for the delivery of federal benefits by electronic means (May, 1998) Full Text
NCLC's Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
and Consumer Credit U.S. House of Representatives regarding the impact
of Treasury's Proposed Regulation under the "EFT 99" Provisions of the
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 On the Poor, the Elderly and
the "Unbanked" (March 4, 1998) Full Text
The Need for Interoperability Among EBT Systems (January 6, 1998) Full Text
Letter to Treasury Secretary Rubin from NCLC and several other national
organizations about the need to exclude unregulated fringe bankers from
the delivery system for federal benefits (November 19, 1997) Full Text
NCLC's Testimony before the COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
regarding the impact of Treasury's Proposed Regulation under the "EFT
99" Provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 On the
Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked" (September 25, 1997) Full Text
Comments on Proposed Rule Making on Electronic Benefits Transfer,
31 CFR 207 (July 8, 1997) Full Text
NCLC's Testimony before the COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT,
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, regarding
the Impact of P.L. 104-134 ("EFT-99") On the Poor, the Elderly and the
"Unbanked" (June 18, 1997) Full Text
Testimony of NCLC before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING
AND URGAN AFFAIRS regarding the Impact of P.L. 104-134 ("EFT-99") On
the Poor, the Elderly and the "Unbanked" (May 22, 1997) Full Text
and NCLC