I know it is not clear how come the SSDI itself is not mentioned in the petition. But it is absolutely essential that we all do what we can to support and sign it. The people who drafted it figured out that a more certain way to reach the goal of saving the SSDI was to prevent identify theft in ways that make crippling public access to the SSDI actually harmful and unnecessary. The following sites have excellent explanations of the strategy: http://www.fgs.org/rpac http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/01/29/ssdi-call-to-action http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/please-sign-this-petition-to-help-protect-the