Consumers for Paper Options, a
coalition of individuals and organizations advocating for the right to
paper-based communications, today asked the U.S. Treasury to formally lift the
pending mandate that all federal benefits be received electronically. With
millions of seniors, veterans and other federal beneficiaries still receiving
traditional checks, Treasury officials have quietly indicated that they no longer
plan to force the switch to direct deposit. However, the widely publicized
direct deposit mandate - set to take effect on March 1, 2013 - still officially
remains in place.
