Gary, I sent you an email reply to your question about this. 

But for others who may be interested in this position, this is the information from HR. 

Healthcaresource.com is the system that University of Maryland, Baltimore uses as the application tracking system. If an applicant doesn't want to include their SSN they can put in xxx-xx-xxxx and that should allow them to skip over the question for now. 

Also the university requires the final candidate to pass the background check before hiring.

Hope this helps,
Bohyun


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From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gary McGath [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 8:57 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Senior Web Developer (Half-time with benefits on a pro-rated basis) at University of Maryland, Baltimore

On 10/3/14 1:21 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>  Senior Web Developer (Half-time with benefits on a pro-rated basis)
> University of Maryland, Baltimore
> Baltimore

I was somewhat interested in this position, but the application website
has scared me off. First, the application redirects to
healthcaresource.com, whoever that might be. Second, I had to set a
popup blocker exception to proceed. That's unnecessary bad design. Third
and fatal, this third-party website wants the last four digits of my SSN.


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Gary McGath, Professional Software Developer
http://www.garymcgath.com