Monthly Archives: March 2012

Did PCSO improperly destroy public records?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Synercon

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is accused of deleting thousands of emails and other electronic information, prompting an outside review of possible destruction of public records, according to documents obtained by the ABC15 Investigators. Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall’s office … Continue reading →

Posted in Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction | Tagged | Leave a comment

Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif (US)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Synercon

LOS ANGELES — A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California’s child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children. Four computer … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Protection & Privacy Breaches | Tagged | Leave a comment

MoD tells Gulf War veteran his army medical records have been lost (UK)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Synercon

A GULF War veteran seeking a war pension after suffering from a catalogue of illnesses since serving in the first conflict in Iraq has told how his army medical records have mysteriously gone missing. Read more: The Sunday Mercury, March … Continue reading →

Posted in Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction, Incomplete records | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Judge upset by RCMP records backlog

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Synercon

KITCHENER — The federal government is talking about law and order, but it needs to get its own house in order, says a Kitchener judge upset at the huge backlog in the RCMP’s criminal records database. Read more: The Record, … Continue reading →

Posted in Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Systemic failure | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The consultants report on recordkeeping within PG&E (US)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Synercon

The testimony of Paul Duller and Alison North wrt to the San Bruno Gas disaster is now available on the  California Public Utilities Commission website. Read the full report.  Records Management within the Gas Transmission Division of Pacific Gas and Electric … Continue reading →

Posted in Catastrophes, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Non-compliance, Operational Failures, Systemic failure | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Records show Japan foresaw possible Fukushima meltdown

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Synercon

TOKYO (AP) – Just four hours after a tsunami swept into the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan’s leaders knew the damage was so severe that the reactors could melt down, but they kept their knowledge secret for months… The revelations … Continue reading →

Posted in Catastrophes, Inadequate Systems, Lack of transparency, Systemic failure | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Report blasts Victorian record-keeping quagmire

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Synercon

The inability of former wards of the state of Victoria to access their historical records has resulted in an official report to parliament from the state Ombudsman criticising the record-keeping practices at the Victorian Department of Human Services. Read more: … Continue reading →

Posted in Inadequate Systems, Under resourced | Tagged | Leave a comment