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Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 15, 2011. Also cited in 141 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000065788, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 21 Palo Alto, CA
Issue:
An employee claimed that she submitted a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) enrollment form to her service representative to be processed. Personnel Security does not have a record of receiving this individuals form. A thorough search was conducted by both the service representative and Personnel Security has been unable to locate the form. The missing PIV form contained first and last name, DOB, SSN, sex, race, height, weight, eye and hair color, and phone number. Update: 08/16/11:The employee will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The service representative will have list for the employee(s) to initial and date next to their names for submitting the PIV form to her and she will hand deliver the list and forms to Personal Security. Personal Security will verify the number of employee's form received and will send confirmation email to service representative and those employee(s).