Businesses across the nation are under pressure to meet the Federal Trade Commission’s Nov. 1 deadline to have an identity theft prevention program in place. Eduard F. Goodman, general counsel and chief privacy officer with Identity Theft 911, says that many businesses will not meet the deadline, estimating that less one third of banks will not meet the deadline.
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Northender - Oyster Bay, NY
The Office of the State Comptroller has named the Town of Oyster Bay as one of nine governments across the state that has continued paying for health insurance for retired employees or their spouses after they have died. The findings were the result of an audit of 20 municipalities from January 1st, 2005 to June 30th, 2006.
Syracuse paid for health coverage of six who died, state finds.
The city of Syracuse has been paying for health insurance for six dead retirees, according to a draft audit by the state Comptroller's Office.
One of the retirees died June 20, 2003, but the city continued to pay the former employee's health insurance until the comptroller uncovered the problem in September, according to the audit.
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More than 10,000 deceased people are still registered to vote.
The Missourian identified records of deceased voters by comparing the first, middle, last names and dates of birth in two databases. The first database was the statewide voter registration list created earlier this year, and the second was the Social Security Administration’s “Death Master File,” which includes about 77 million death records compiled from 1937 through June of this year. The voter list was current as of Sept. 25.
There is a potential for error in the Missourian’s analysis. The Social Security Administration admits there are people in its master death index who are alive. This generally happens because Social Security numbers were, in some cases, shared by married couples.
Once again, it’s late October, the time of year when wholesome communities across America enjoy some good-natured fictional fearmongering. Ghostly apparitions are everywhere, and everyone’s chuckling. Of course, this is also election season—and for the press, the connection is often irresistible. The dearly departed … are alive and voting. Boo!
