22 Nov 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Incomplete records, Operational Failures, Systemic failure
An unpublished audit of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship handed to the department in February found that inadequate record-keeping and a focus on compliance, rather than decision integrity, were threatening to undermine the system. And, the audit found,...
29 Aug 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Catastrophes, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Non-compliance, Operational Failures
ASHBURN, VA. — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been unable to provide federal investigators with records showing where it got the pipe that exploded in San Bruno, officials said Monday – a failure that has major implications for the company and other...
27 Aug 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Incomplete records
FINANCIAL records for the period of Craig Thomson’s reign over the beleaguered Health Services Union are missing, a major impediment to investigations by authorities into the credit card scandal threatening Julia Gillard’s government. Well-placed health...
14 Jul 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Non-compliance
A report released last month indicates Montebello kept almost no records during the last five years on projects and programs funded by grants from the federal housing authority. A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, spokesperson said their auditors...
27 May 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Data Protection & Privacy Breaches, Inadequate Systems, Non-compliance
The Victorian Ombudsman has handed down a scathing report on the state’s WorkSafe agencies, noting numerous privacy breaches and delays in payments as a result of poor record keeping practices. The report into record keeping practices has made a number of...
26 May 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Operational Failures
IN a move to establish a comprehensive database for commercial vehicles and operators, the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will face a daunting task with its re-registration exercise for transport operators. They now have to start from scratch to build up its...
7 Apr 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Incomplete records, Systemic failure
This article in California Watch delivers background to an emerging story set to cause a huge public outcry. Major feature: sloppy incomplete recordkeeping. State regulators have routinely failed to enforce California’s landmark earthquake safety law for public...
6 Apr 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction
How Huckabee destroyed hard drives in data purge just before his 2008 presidential bid. In an controversy re-ignited today by Mother Jones magazine, it has been revealed that the computer hard drives containing records from Huckabee’s tenure as Arkansas governor were...
26 Mar 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Financial loss, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records
In its report on Defence Estates Management, the government auditor (Comptroller and Auditor General) asked the Defence Ministry to take “strict disciplinary action” against officers “who turn a blind eye to the illegal use of defence land for years...
9 Mar 2011 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Exposed through audit, Incomplete records
One way to improve the Department of Energy’s controversial $71-billion loan guarantee program? Auditors recommend better record-keeping. The program, designed to spur investment in clean-energy start-ups, is highly competitive. As of December, just eight recipients...
