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November 5, 1996
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Safeguard Your Forms Employees' Personal Data Used In Series of Recent Crimes By Carla Garnett
Whether or not you realize it, the routine
personnel forms you use regularly at work can be
a gold mine -- at least to those with criminal intent.
Some misdeeds investigated by NIH police in
recent months have involved use of the personal
information -- in particular, Social Security
numbers and home addresses -- that for years
was filled in benignly on every employee's
biweekly Earnings and Leave Statement, leave
requests and training nominations. Given details of
the cases below, the security message is clear:
Certain personal information must be safeguarded,
and NIH has taken important steps in that
direction. Chat With a Chess Champoin By Rich McManus
Allan Savage of the National Library of Medicine
recently won the title of "International Master of
Correspondence Chess" by the International
Correspondence Chess Foundation. He earned
this distinction by tieing for first place in the 7th
North American Correspondence Chess
Championship. His victory there has launched him
into the 3/4 final of the 19th World
Correspondence Chess Championship. | |||
