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From Hughes, Janice Fri Aug 15 07:13:20 2008
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Subject: RE: Question about Selective Service Numbers
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:13:20 -0400
Thread-Topic: Question about Selective Service Numbers
Priority: Urgent
Importance: high
From: "Hughes, Janice" 

Dear Sir:

The latest Registration Numbers, such as you listed below, start with the man’s year of birth (89-, 90-, etc.).  However, the other number have no significance and are random.

Sincerely,
Janice L. Hughes
Public & Intergovernmental Affairs
Selective Service System

From: XXXXX
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:09 PM
To: Information
Subject: Question about Selective Service Numbers

Hi!

Can you help me?  I noticed that the Selective service numbers have changed coding.

Back in the sixties and earlier it used to be as follows:XX-YYY-ZZ-NN..N

XX — code for state (or district/territory) issued
YYY — local board number
ZZ  — year of birth
NN..N  -- the registration number, the chronological sequence number that the registration was accepted at the local board

But the new codes I have seen look like this:  ZZ-NNNNNNN-1

Where ZZ seems to be the year of birth.

My questions are:

When did the format change?

Are the first two digits of the new numbers the year of birth?

Is there any coding of board number or state or serial number in the new number?

Is the seven digit middle part (or part of that middle part) a chronological sequence number? 

If there is a sequence number, what are the ranges by year for sequence numbers issued in that year?

Thanks!

> However, the other number have no significance and are random.

Interesting; and thank you.
As a CS major I can say that the middle numbers COULD be random and linked in through a relational database.

However given what I know of government coding/numbering schemes, they probably DO have some sequence and are not truly random.

“From: “Hughes, Janice”

Dear Sir:

The latest Registration Numbers, such as you listed below, start with the man’s year of birth (89-, 90-, etc.). However, the other number have no significance and are random.

Sincerely,
Janice L. Hughes
Public & Intergovernmental Affairs
Selective Service System” etc...

She didn't answer your question about when did the selective service numbers changed over the first two digits from the state code to the person's birthday..

I didn't realized it was different earlier. I thought the Freepers were mistaken. So that makes it even more suspicious. I have a Selective Service form for 92 and don't believe that the one on Debbie's site is legit. The Selective Service number isn't even on Obama’s form, just the inquiry. I don't know who is faking it, but we need a real copy of his Selective Service record.

Here are two other threads on this subject.
EXCLUSIVE: Did Next Commander-in-Chief Falsify Selective Service Registration?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132690/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131604/posts

Also information on the penalties for not registering.
http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm