Military Personnel need to SSN exposed and on the net for years loose security and privacy!!Credit monitoring is provided by the DOD only to those who can prove their
credit already has been hurt by documents the military published, Jenkins said.
The information became part of the Congressional Record because the military
needs Senate approval to officially promote officers. Generals and admirals
typically appear before the Senate before they rise in rank, though most
promotions are approved en masse through a list provided by the military. Before 1997, the list included officers’ names, ranks and full Social
Security numbers. From then until last year, it included only the last four
digits of the Social Security numbers along with the corresponding names and
ranks and is still available through the GPO’s Web site. This year, the numbers
were completely removed from the process, according to the GPO.
Defense Privacy Office Samuel Jenkins and military Inspector General Gordon Heddell.
WHAT A JOKE!
How can Sam Jenkins (703) 681-5611 ext. 6824, email at: Sam.Jenkins@tma.osd.mil be in charge of privacy? TMA HIPAA Privacy Officer.
Jenkins, with the Defense Privacy Office, said it would be too difficult to
contact individuals and that his office is instead considering posting a notice
on its Web site directing them to closely monitor their credit.
Credit monitoring is provided by the DOD only to those who can prove their
credit already has been hurt by documents the military published, Jenkins said.
And questions still linger about how to remove the Social Security numbers in
print editions of the Congressional Record held by many of the 1,250 libraries
around the country that participate in the Federal Depository Library Program.
Credit monitoring is provided by the DOD only to those who can prove their
credit already has been hurt by documents the military published, Jenkins said. And questions still linger about how to remove the Social Security numbers in
print editions of the Congressional Record held by many of the 1,250 libraries
around the country that participate in the Federal Depository Library Program.
The Government Printing Office, which prints the
Congressional Record and publishes it online, and the three major commercial
databases that publish online versions of the federal publication: W.S. Hein,
LexisNexis and Westlaw.
Complain to President Kevin Marmion of W.S. Hein, on HeinOnline.org, W.S. Hein
acknowledged that it had received the complaint from Malamud but had yet to
redact its catalog of Social Security numbers were still available.
PRIVACY Alternatives Exist for Enhancing Protection of Personally Identifiable Information
WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS
To address the issues identified by GAO, Congress should consider revising privacy laws in accordance with the alternatives outlined in the report. While OMB could address some of these issues in its guidance to federal agencies, Congress is ultimately responsible for balancing the needs of government and individual privacy rights. OMB commented that the Congress should consider these alternatives in the broader context of all privacy and related statutes.
To view the full product, including the scope and methodology, click on GAO-08-536. For more information, contact Linda Koontz at (202) 512-6240 or koontzl@gao.gov.
May 2008 PRIVACY Alternatives Exist for Enhancing Protection of Personally Identifiable Information
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary [Docket ID: DOD–2008–OS–0038]
Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program
AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), DoD.
ACTION: Notice of a Computer Matching Program.