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VA Health Care Upstate New York (VISN 2)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 16, 2013. Also cited in 132 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000088005, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 02 Buffalo, NY
Issue:
While reviewing an eOPF file, Human Resource Employee noted a personnel action scanned into the wrong employees file. Item is from 2008 so most likely has been in the wrong file for since 2009 when paper files were scanned by OPM. Item was deleted from wrong file. Update: 04/16/13:The employee will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Images removed from wrong employee. items so old unable to determine who scanned them.