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Americans less concerned about Internet security
Americans are more concerned about national security and financial security than Internet security and the security of their personal information, according to a report published May 9. Still,...
State health departments using Social Security numbers as identifiers, finds audit
Thirty-four percent of state health departments screened in a Social Security Administration audit collected and used mothers' Social Security numbers in their newborn screening programs. Using
Many agencies lack important policies for social media use
Twenty-three of 24 major federal agencies engage in social media but many lack a clear plan to mitigate records management, privacy and security challenges, according to an report by the Government
VA to allow access to commercial cloud collaboration sites
The Veterans Affairs Department is testing and will soon allow healthcare workers at VA facilities access to a commercial cloud product for document storage and information sharing services.
IRS isn't always notifying taxpayers of PII breach, says TIGTA
Taxpayers aren't always notified when the Internal Revenue Service inadvertently discloses personally identifiable information to others who shouldn't have it, says the Treasury Inspector General for
DoD lacks public website content controls, say auditors
An inspector general review of Defense Department public websites finds a lack of content review controls--and that the DoD doesn't actually know how many websites it has. Auditors took a look at 436
4,000 Social Security numbers potentially exposed in VA mismailing
A Veterans Benefit Administration office in Boston sent 6,299 benefit summary letters to the wrong addresses in August, more than half of them containing complete social security numbers. Of the
Background investigation personal data at risk at OPM, says GAO
Personally identifiable information collected by the Office of Personnel Management during background investigations isn't sufficiently protected from potential breach, says the Government
VA drops HSPD-12 ball
The Veterans Affairs Department is years behind implementation of HSPD-12 thanks in part to a credentialing system that lacks key functionality, says the VA inspector general. In a report dated Sept.
Attention identity thieves: Tax notices still printed with social security numbers
The Internal Revenue Service is apparently in no hurry to remove social security numbers from its correspondence with the public, despite a May 2007 Office of Management and Budget directive telling
