Monthly Archives: January 2011

More than One Million Mental Health Records Missing from FBI’s Background Check System

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Synercon

Missing records allow guns to fall into the wrong hands. Failures by many states to submit mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) leaves more than a million mental health records unaccounted for by the … Continue reading →

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City Index Latest To Be Fined By FSA For Bad Record-Keeping

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Synercon

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Spread-betting broker City Index Ltd. was fined GBP490,000 Thursday for failing to report transactions to U.K. markets watchdog the Financial Services Authority, the latest in a series of fines on banks and brokers for not keeping proper … Continue reading →

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CBC destroyed notes on openness (CAN)

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Synercon

OTTAWA – CBC’s commitment to openness and transparency met with a shredding machine or recycling bin in late November.   CBC executives were sending memos back and forth on how to best answer claims that they were not being fully open … Continue reading →

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Jared Loughner should have failed background test but for incomplete records (US)

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Synercon

Yet another case of incomplete recordkeeping. After the Virginia Tech shooting, tougher reporting requirements were put in place by Congress in 2007 to record “Mental Defective/Committed” individuals in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database.  “The General Accounting … Continue reading →

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Agency that is, but isn’t (US)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Synercon

The Willows Community Redevelopment Agency is a mostly forgotten, defunct program that has been dormant since the 1990s, authorities said, and, though it does nothing at all, it is not going to be shut down any time soon. The problem, officials … Continue reading →

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Charities criticise Haiti earthquake response

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Synercon

A “takeover” of Haiti’s health system by international relief workers after last year’s earthquake caused unnecessary deaths and undermined the country’s own fragile medical facilities, a British charity said. ActionAid, an international charity active in the Caribbean nation, expressed concern … Continue reading →

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Games files ‘destroyed’ (India)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Synercon

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials had destroyed some “incriminating” documents before the CBI last month started its investigation into alleged corruption, sources in the agency said. “A probe revealed that some files, containing information on budgetary allocation and the names … Continue reading →

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Colorado gun-permit database incomplete, riddled with errors (US)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Synercon

A database police rely on to know who has a concealed-gun permit is incomplete and riddled with errors, a recent state audit found. “We found the information in the database is not reliable for law enforcement to use in determining … Continue reading →

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NTSB seeks urgent review of pipeline records (US)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Synercon

U.S. safety investigators, acting in response to a deadly California gas line explosion, urgently recommended on Monday that pipeline operators review their records to ensure their systems were built correctly. The National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, which also seek cooperation … Continue reading →

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FDA uncovers more problems at J&J Fort Washington plant (US)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Synercon

U.S. inspectors are still uncovering a host of problems at a Johnson & Johnson manufacturing plant that was the source of a major recall of dozens of popular children’s medications in ealy 2010. Inspectors from  the Food and Drug Administration … Continue reading →

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What happens when a country loses its ‘birth certificate’? (FIJI)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Synercon

Fiji has admitted losing the legal document confirming its independence from the United Kingdom. But does that threaten its existence as a state?

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First, the electronic mortgage superhighway. Then, the pileup (US)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Synercon

The problem that just won’t go away. An in-depth article about the breakdown of recordkeeping wrt the assignment and processing of home mortgages. Washington Post, January 2, 2011

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