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Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 29, 2012. Also cited in 133 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000079666, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 19 Cheyenne, WY
Issue:
A contract scanning company responsible for scanning personnel files into eOPF scanned the document of one employee into the files of another employee. The second employee reported this event and HR immediately removed the file. This is the fourth time in four months this has been discovered. Update: 08/29/12:Due to full SSN being disclosed, Employee A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Reporting 4th violation of outside contractor in uploading files inappropriately into eOPF files. Recommend passing up the chain to have contract reviewed.