18 Feb 2021 | Alteration of Records, Holes in history, Incomplete records, Non-compliance, Systemic failure
After insisting his administration had done nothing wrong last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo, on Monday, did not directly apologize for a lack of transparency surrounding the record-keeping of COVID deaths in nursing homes during the pandemic. Instead, he admitted that...17 Jan 2021 | Alteration of Records, Catastrophes, Chaotic Record Keeping, Ethics, Holes in history, Willful Non-compliance
There’s growing concern among historians and political analysts that missing documents will leave a hole in the record of President Donald Trump’s term, one of America’s most tumultuous presidencies. Trump has been cavalier about the law requiring that records be...24 Mar 2015 | Alteration of Records, Breakdowns in Accountability, Exposed through audit, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction, Lack of transparency, Non-compliance, Operational Failures, Systemic failure
After a nine-month probe, the VA’s Office of Inspector General made 35 recommendations to address shoddy record-keeping, bungled claims, inadequate security, and poor working conditions at the Philadelphia office. Scrutiny at its Germantown facility –...30 May 2014 | Alteration of Records, Breakdowns in Accountability
Barack Obama has announced the resignation of his veterans chief amid a mushrooming scandal over appointment delays, falsified recordkeeping and other problems plaguing the strained healthcare system for ex-soldiers. The US president said yesterday that he accepted...2 Apr 2014 | Alteration of Records, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction
Police suspect that Faist, allegedly at the instigation of McGuinty’s chief of staff, David Livingston, cleaned out 24 computers that held sensitive government information, some of it potentially connected to the gas plant cancellation. Livingston, in a letter his...27 Mar 2014 | Alteration of Records, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction
A chronology of events relating to the Ontario Gas Plan ‘Scandal’. A criminal investigation into the destruction of emails is underway. Follow the story: Ottawa Citizen, March 27, 201427 Mar 2014 | Alteration of Records, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction
Dalton McGuinty’s former chief of staff is accused of orchestrating a plan to purge government records after Ontario’s controversial cancellation of two gas-fired power plants, according to police documents. … According to an affidavit, police believe the former...17 May 2012 | Alteration of Records, Breakdowns in Accountability, Inappropriate Disposal or Destruction, Incomplete records
Nobody knows exactly how many Spanish women were victims of the baby-snatching industry. Because it seemed to operate with the willful ignorance — at the very least — of the state, and with the collusion of the Catholic Church, the record keeping was...6 Mar 2004 | Alteration of Records
Martha Stewart was convicted today of obstructing justice and lying to the US government about a superbly timed stock sale. Stewart was not charged with insider trading; instead, she and her broker were accused of lying about the transaction and altering records to...6 Aug 2002 | Alteration of Records
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) recently reported on its investigation into into the unauthorised use and alteration of student records. ICAC found that a combination of technical deficiencies and procedural weaknesses in the UTS student records...
