Monthly Archives: September 2010

Missing records a loss to asbestos research (AUS)

A FEDERAL government department has admitted “potentially losing” detailed records of 1000 asbestos-related disease cases required by researchers to better understand exposure risk. Sydney Morning Herald May 5, 2008

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Dozens of missing Iraqis believed to be lost in Abu Ghraib prison

Recordkeeping at Abu Ghraib was sloppy and the prison was overcrowded before the abuse scandal brought long-overdue changes, former prison workers said. Many of the 3,200 detainees there can’t be traced by relatives because of misspelled names or other simple … Continue reading

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Report critical of MoD record keeping (UK)

The MoD understands the need to get the “right information to the right people at the right time”, however information management practices need to be dramatically improved, the National Archives has said in a report. Last year a coroner launched … Continue reading

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Audit Says State Wasted $92 Million on Medicaid (US)

New York’s Medicaid system, the state’s largest single expense, lost at least $92 million to improper payments, billing errors and poor recordkeeping during the last five years, according to several audits released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.   The … Continue reading

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