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More Statements than Light in Boston City Hall Email Probe

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 23 October 2009

Tagged in: workplace forensics , politics , Massachusetts , hard drive , e-mail(s) , data loss

The multi-faceted investigation into whether Boston mayoral aide Michael J. Kineavy in appropriately deleted emails in violation of the Massachusetts public records law is generating a small forest of statements from the principal players, but little additional information.

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Whistleblower Trashes National Archives Hard Drive Recycling Program

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 02 October 2009

Tagged in: U.S. Veterans Administration , National Archives and Records Administration , identity theft , hard drive , destruction of media , data loss

An IT manager at the National Archives and Records Administration alleges that his agency, which is charged with collecting and preserving the U.S. government's most important documents, may have accidentally exposed more than 70 million U.S. military veterans to the risk of identity theft.

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