That is simply not true. EIN is not private information, even for private organizations. You can google many agencies, banks and their EINs are readily available. The Census Bureau does a poor job of giving temporarily hired workers access to pay stubs in the same way permanent employees can find this information. I have never seen such a poorly run organization. Wasting resources on printed materials when they could spend the extra money so that a human being can have access to information about their own earnings.
