FEMA's 'Unfortunate' Privacy Disaster

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

> From April 23, 2007

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/22/AR2007042201362.html

Sometimes when they are not busy dealing with natural disasters, FEMA 
folks just make up their own. We got this letter the other day from Glenn 
M. Cannon, assistant administrator in the Disaster Operations Directorate.

"Dear Disaster Generalist," he wrote to about 2,300 people on April 16, 
"an unfortunate administrative processing error at FEMA . . . has resulted 
in the printing of Social Security numbers on the outside address labels 
of Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE) . . . reappointment letters."

The mail distribution center mishandled the letters, he said, creating 
this "unintentional release of Privacy Act information."

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