Social Security agency will require more people to file in person

In what it says is an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.

The only field offices in Alaska are in Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks.

More than 100,000 Alaskans receive Social Security benefits.

Beginning March 31, people will no longer be able to verify their identity to the Social Security Administration over the phone to conduct business. Those who cannot properly verify the...