Tag Archives: Public Safety

FBI Data Show Gun Background Checks Still Undermined By Information Gaps

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Synercon

NEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Many states and federal agencies are still failing to share records about dangerous individuals with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), leaving dangerous gaps in a database designed to keep firearms … Continue reading →

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PG&E fined nearly $20 million for safety lapses in Contra Costa County

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Synercon

State regulators Thursday upheld a $16.8 million fine against PG&E for failing to inspect East Bay pipelines for gas leaks. The fine, which PG&E had appealed to the Public Utilities Commission, represents the first time that the commission’s Consumer Protection … Continue reading →

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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 →

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PMO has ‘no Emergency records’ (India)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Synercon

NEW DELHI, 9 FEB: The records of correspondence between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed relating to the Emergency proclamation in 1975 are not traceable in PMO files prompting a direction by the Central Information Commission (CIC) … Continue reading →

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Red Cross fined $9.6M for sloppy recordkeeping

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Synercon

PHILADELPHIA – January 17, 2012 (WPVI) — A$9.6-million fine has been lodged against the Red Cross because of problems that federal inspectors found in Philadelphia. The government says the record keeping of blood donations at the Red Cross Donor and … Continue reading →

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Audit takes to task food safety regime (AUS)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Synercon

Canberra’s food safety inspection regime is being undermined by poor record keeping and staff shortages as it tries to enforce hygiene standards in restaurants, according to an auditor-general’s report. And the audit found evidence that many Canberra restaurants could have … Continue reading →

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PG&E declared 2 lines safe despite missing records (US)

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Synercon

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. declared two high-pressure gas transmission pipes safe last year despite paper-trail gaps that left the utility ignorant of whether portions of the lines were running above legally allowed pressure levels, a Chronicle investigation shows. One … Continue reading →

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Law puts pipeline records off-limits

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Synercon

Californians concerned about dangerous pipelines running underneath their neighborhoods are barred from obtaining government records about them by a 60-year-old state law backed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and other utilities, a Chronicle investigation shows….The commission’s confidentiality powers have … Continue reading →

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At probe’s end, San Bruno pipe’s origin is unknown (US)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Synercon

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 … Continue reading →

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NTSB says source of flawed San Bruno pipe still a mystery (US)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Synercon

A yearlong federal probe into the San Bruno natural gas disaster hasn’t determined where the ruptured pipe segment came from or who is responsible for its numerous welding defects, a critical problem that means PG&E and state regulators can’t say … Continue reading →

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Ex-PG&E manager says key records possibly trashed (US)

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Synercon

A former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. record-keeping manager told federal investigators that a top PG&E official recently acknowledged to him that the utility had likely tossed some of its missing pipeline records, according to a transcript of his interview … Continue reading →

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Audit finds faults in disaster aid office (US)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Synercon

A state program designed to assist hurricane victims and help property owners mitigate future storm damages was lax in its operations and record-keeping and even gave out wrong information on how high structures needed to be elevated to meet new … Continue reading →

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A380 engines missing records (AUS)

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Synercon

BRITISH engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce was unable to tell how many more of its Airbus A380 engines might explode after last year’s Qantas near-disaster near Singapore because of a lack of records. A new report released yesterday also reveals the manufacturer … Continue reading →

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PG&E faces new probe (US)

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Synercon

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. faces the start on Monday of another state probe into its record-keeping, one which could be far more serious as regulators examine whether the utility’s record-keeping practices contributed to the deadly pipeline blast in San … Continue reading →

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Lax oversight of school construction raises doubts about earthquake safety (US)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Conni

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 schools, allowing children … Continue reading →

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PG&E agrees to $3 million fine over safety records (US)

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Synercon

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. agreed Thursday to pay an unusual gas-safety-related fine of $3 million for what state regulators called “willful non-compliance” with orders to provide key documents about transmission pipelines.

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PG&E launches massive record search after San Bruno disaster

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Synercon

PG&E launches massive record search after San Bruno disaster Confirming worries about the disorganized state of its pipeline records, PG&E on Tuesday said it has launched a massive effort to find documents that can prove it has set safe gas-pressure … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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