6 Jul 2021 | Chaotic Record Keeping, Ethics, Holes in history, Inadequate Systems, Willful Non-compliance
For as long as she can remember, Danita Bilozaze knew that the name on her birth certificate, “Danita Loth,” didn’t reflect her Indigenous identity. From the stories her mother recounted to her, she knew that Catholic missionaries had changed her...1 Jul 2021 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inadequate Systems, Non-compliance, Operational Failures
Future public inquiries such as the recent Alex Salmond affair at Holyrood could be jeopardised by poor information management practices, a government internal review has found. The way that the Scottish Government stores information across departments is...3 Jun 2021 | Holes in history, Inaccurate records, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Systemic failure, Willful Non-compliance
The remains of 215 children were found last month buried in unmarked graves at a former residential school, one of more than 150 institutions in a defunct system that for well over a century forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families to assimilate them...22 May 2021 | Inaccurate records, Inadequate Systems, Operational Failures
A coronial inquest into the death of a central Queensland miner who suffocated on lethal gas has found operator Anglo American’s record keeping was “grossly deficient” and his death could have been avoided. … Electrician Paul McGuire was sent...12 Apr 2021 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Chaotic Record Keeping, Ethics, Holes in history, Inaccurate records, Inadequate Systems, Willful Non-compliance
The organisers of an inaugural open day at one of Australia’s largest former Aboriginal missions hope the event will become a national movement towards Indigenous reconciliation. … The separation of Aboriginal families during the operation of the...20 Feb 2020 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records
Homeowners near Wellington are reporting their local council losing the paperwork for their houses. Sue Mortimer can’t sell her sunny home on a bush-clad hillside with a glimpse of Plimmerton Beach to move into a granny flat at her son’s place in Karori....26 Apr 2018 | Breakdowns in Accountability, Inaccurate records, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Systemic failure
WASHINGTON — A top official with the Department of Health and Human Services told members of Congress on Thursday that the agency had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children it placed with sponsors in the United States… Read more: New York Times April 26,...23 Mar 2018 | Exposed through audit, Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Systemic failure
A shocking report has revealed that vulnerable children are being put at risk due to failings in Wakefield Council’s services…. Recording of social work was deemed to be “poor” in some cases. Inspectors noted that planning documents and records of visits were...24 Jul 2017 | Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Operational Failures
An examination of a selection of complaints received by the Ombudsman’s office, as well as those filed directly with Tusla, has highlighted “serious failings” in how the agency carries out its role. Among the findings of Tyndall’s report are: undue delay in dealing...15 Mar 2017 | Inadequate Systems, Incomplete records, Operational Failures, Systemic failure, Under resourced
It’s often seen as one of governments’ thankless achievements, despite helping build civilisations. Records management, the tool helping drive so many services for the community, has taken another battering — on this occasion because widespread gaps have exposed the...
