You know, I'd get fired for not encrypting a volume. Funny how it's different in government work.

Wonderful. A second thing to get reamed about on Monday. First, a suicidal Vet is turned away at a V.A. hospital, now this.

And I work in research. At a V.A. hospital.

Not this one though. Argh...

RodneyToady: And I work in research. At a V.A. hospital.

Hey, thanks for the good job. I've had nothing but good results from Providence, Roxbury, and Boston VA hospitals...

Really appreciate it.

I'm sure the new VA does a great job, but I would't know because the Army lost all my medical and dental records.

I'm drafting a letter to my representatives, and am working with the local Vet center and Amvets, but I'm probably screwed, again.

And on another note, I just got 3 computers from some organization or agency that shall remain unnamed, and they didn't even wipe the drives.

Unbelievable.

I'd like to encrypt your volume, carrot.

I found a harddrive with personal records of 48,000 veterans, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies...

Hang on, someone's at the door.

Its going to sting when the oil hits the anus.

totalsecurity: the Army lost all my medical and dental records.

Did you have the Hospital make 3 free copies of your complete medical records for you before they were sent to Indianapolis? Our seperation brief made that really clear because of just such a problem.

check with the lost and stolen dept.

NewportBarGuy

totalsecurity: the Army lost all my medical and dental records.

Did you have the Hospital make 3 free copies of your complete medical records for you before they were sent to Indianapolis? Our seperation brief made that really clear because of just such a problem.

Meh... I am glad I made my copies. I had some surgery preformed while I was in Iraq (twice) and follow up surgery here (twice) on something pretty minor.

When I left active duty and joined the guard I turned in my dental records the first day. Somehow they lost them... which blows my mind since I turned them in at the place where they store them.

Idiots.

SonicReducr: Idiots.

Yeah. I dunno what it is with medical/dental records. They just disappear into some black hole. I made my own copy of both (minus the films from dental) and got the free ones from DACH...

Hey, we lose shiat in the field and have to do a hands-across-america... They should be forced to do the same.

Isn't this like the 3rd time this has happened?

Immense amounts of red tape, outright denial of veterans' benefits, refusal to place a religious symbol on the headstone of a guy who died in Iraq, losing several computers and disks...is there no end to the VA's bungling?

Flopsy: I found a harddrive with personal records of 48,000 veterans, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies...

Hang on, someone's at the door.

I see what you did there...

proleboy: Isn't this like the 3rd time this has happened?

Yep.. Last year it was a stolen laptop. I got the letter. What a bunch of fools.

Carrot
You know, I'd get fired for not encrypting a volume. Funny how it's different in government work.

I work for a federal government contractor. I cannot begin to tell you how sloppy some government agencies are when it comes to protecting personal info, especially with other people's SSN. I really hope the after hours cleaning crew are the honest type, otherwise they'd hit the identity theft jackpot.

I'm just waiting for the day 60 Minutes or Dateline NBC does an exposé piece on a certain government agency.

uh.. isn't this pretty old news?

/maybe even the dreaded repeeeeet?
// drtfa

Oh this is farking great. First that stupid woman took her laptop home and lost it, now this bull.

just read tfa... so this is another one gone missing?

carrot: You know, I'd get fired for not encrypting a volume. Funny how it's different in government work.

True that. I also think it's pretty weird that some of the data was encrypted. AFAIK there was a Presidential mandate issued last summer that required all federal agencies to use full disc encryption (full as in literal meaning of the word, including the OS). What the hell happened to that?

With a decent FDE implementation the damage would have been minimal (ie. the second the harddrive was unmounted it became useless).

NewportBarGuy

totalsecurity: the Army lost all my medical and dental records.

Did you have the Hospital make 3 free copies of your complete medical records for you before they were sent to Indianapolis? Our seperation brief made that really clear because of just such a problem.

Unfortunately, no. I was in a hurry to put that shiat behind me, as far behind me as possible. I've calmed down now, thanks to meditation and a stress-free life, but I'm pissed. Not only that, but lots of stuff is missing from my 201 file, and my DD214 has alterations in the shaded part, rendering it invalid.

Someone is farking with me, and I don't like it.

Great. Now I'll probably get another letter.

totalsecurity: Not only that, but lots of stuff is missing from my 201 file, and my DD214 has alterations in the shaded part, rendering it invalid.

That's interesting. Did that happen right away or did it happen after you timed out and quit getting quarterly reminders?

Greta_VanHouten: I work for a federal government contractor. I cannot begin to tell you how sloppy some government agencies are when it comes to protecting personal info, especially with other people's SSN.

No better in the corporate world. A few years ago, I got into a serious staredown with the IT VP and HR, about selling an inhouse written program that contained a bunch of emloyees (current and ex) personal info.
AS I held the actual only copy, they eventually backed down when I forced the issue.

Now that I'm back in GS service, it isn't any better or worse.

simple answer to this. make anyone responsibile for these databases put their own personal data in them.

Unknown_Poltroon: simple answer to this. make anyone responsibile for these databases put their own personal data in them.

Or go ahead and make personal data personal property (and add some decent consumer protection laws), like some European countries did.

Not sure how that worked out, but it seems like a pretty good idea on paper.

huh?