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Workforce agency accidentally puts thousands of Social Security numbers on Web
Associated Press WriterA state agency accidentally put the Social Security numbers of about 250,000 job seekers on the Internet for 19 days in October before another agency noticed the security breach, officials said Thursday. Data on customers aided by the Agency for...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Networking, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Clyde C. Nitz Jr., Social Security printer, car fan
Clyde Christopher "Chris" Nitz Jr., a retired Social Security Administration printer and a sports car enthusiast, died Saturday of esophageal cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Sparks resident was 66. Mr. Nitz was born in Baltimore and raised in...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Death and Dying, Dining and Drinking, Vehicles, Theft
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State agency posts personal data online
South Florida Sun-SentinelFor 19 days in October, the sensitive personal information of at least 250,000 Floridians was posted on a state government employment agency Web site, the agency's second such breach since 2006. The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation inadvertently...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Interior Policy, Business Enterprises, Google Inc., Employment Agency
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State agency blames security breach for placing names, Social Security numbers of 250,000 online
Tallahassee BureauThe state Agency for Workforce Innovation blamed a "security breach" Wednesday for why it accidentally placed the names and Social Security numbers of 250,000 job-seekers on a "test server" that could have been accessed online. The names and...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Networking, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Cost of removing data from Web site $1.8M
Removing personal information, including Social Security numbers, from a Web site used by county auditors, could cost $1.8 million. The Web site, IowaLandRecords.org, came under fire last fall when it was discovered that thousands of Social Security...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Bureaucratic tangle, seen from the inside
With a name like mine, you might imagine it's rare to hear it pronounced or see it spelled correctly. For as long as I can remember, I've fielded phone calls for "Dan" and letters addressed to Mr. Dang. It happened so often that I gave up trying to fix...Tags: Periodicals, Internal Revenue Service, Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Interior Policy
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Act now for a more secure retirement
Chicago TribuneWhen it comes to your money, you might have had trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)'s and other savings have been brutalized in one of the worst financial...Tags: Medicare, Personal Finance, 401K, Wages and Pensions, Employers
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Knowledge of Social Security falls short
Chicago TribuneIt's one of the biggest, if not the biggest asset, for millions of Americans in or near retirement. Despite a global financial crisis, it has kept all its value. But many people have little practical knowledge of this asset - assuming they even think...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Retirement
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Heartless regulators
One has to wonder who is lining whose pockets when the Public Service Commission approves a 25 percent rate increase for Progress Energy. That is almost unbelievable. Senior citizens can't afford to keep up now. As is the case every year when Social...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Progress Energy Incorporated
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Tips for preventing child ID theft
Protect your child's identity Don't ask for annual credit reports on your child; that opens a credit file and suggests the child is an adult consumer. Do not carry your child's Social Security card with you. Resist giving out your child's Social...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Theft of children's identities often goes unnoticed for years
South Florida Sun-SentinelRandy Waldron Jr. deposited his first paycheck when he was an infant. By the time he was in elementary school, he had bought and sold property, cars and restaurants and racked up tax liens because of financial problems. He had a felony record at age 7....Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Wages and Pensions, Consumers, Family
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Officials estimate that struggling economy to speed up Medicare's insolvency 1 to 3 years
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health officials estimate that the struggling economy will speed up by one to three years the exhaustion of the Medicare trust fund covering hospital and nursing home care. Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare...Tags: Medicare, Economy, Wages and Pensions, Government, Barack Obama
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