I've already talked things over with "The Girls." They know the score. ;)
Posted on 03/06/2007 1:46:16 PM PST by Froufrou
The U.S. Agriculture Department lacked controls to protect personal information on stolen computers and often failed to notify individuals whose information had been compromised, the department's inspector general said on Tuesday.
The office of inspector general said in a report that it reviewed records from the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Rural Development and Information Technology Services and found 95 computers were stolen between October 1, 2005, and May 31, 2006.
"These agencies lacked policies and procedures to adequately notify proper authorities and affected parties when thefts of computer equipment occurred," Assistant Inspector General Robert Young said in the report.
The findings showed there were limited controls in place to ensure that employees did not download Privacy Act/Sensitive information on their computers.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
marked for later
I'm sure that this is just one of those things that could be cured if the Bush Administration would increase funding. /s
They should have been protecting the data collected but they were too busy "tracking" the chicken ...
I've already talked things over with "The Girls." They know the score. ;)
You can be sure that USDA is not the only incompetent government agency in the federal bureaucracy.
Well, sure. I mean, it's not as if ANY gubmint agency misappropriates federal funds or anything.
Bush's fault.
Yes, but I can't be sure they aren't THE most incompetent!
:p
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