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Lost IRS laptop stored employee fingerprints Hundreds notified they are at risk of ID theft, including some applicants By Bob Sullivan Technology correspondent MSNBC Updated: 4:46 p.m. ET June 5, 2006 A laptop computer containing fingerprints of Internal Revenue Service employees is missing, MSNBC....

VA hit with two class-action suits over data theft BY Bob Brewin Published on June 6, 2006 The Department of Veterans Affairs faces two class-action lawsuits related to the theft of information on 26.5 million veterans last month. The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and four other veterans groups...

Thanks, Mike. Sam has been added to the list.

Since this story is local to me, it's probably gotten a bit more play than in some other areas. A couple of things I found worthy of note. 1) There was an internal VA debate over whether or not to take the chance of tipping the crook off to what he/she had. The decision was based on the balance of d...

Another source of additional information:
http://www.firstgov.gov/veteransinfo.shtml

...and it appears to include you! May 22nd - 2:26pm By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Personal data, including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home without authorization, t...

For the man who thought he had everything or the bubblehead who just can't let it go: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4641325190 http://www.giffordmarineinc.com/sub/pres5_17_03.pdf http://www.giffordmarineinc.com/ Tell your wives and children. Father's Day is just a...

had the best off crew keggers every Thursday Any one Remeber???????????

I remember that most folks couldn't remember much on Fridays!

Thanks for the kudos.
Since we are a very long way from getting even a majority of the Madison crews over here, I am in favor of leavng the Yahoo group going. You will notice that one of the links listed there is to here.
It's another source for snagging our shipmates.

I'm here although it is somewhat later. Good morning backatcha.

They're out there. Last night, we were in Washington DC -- a tad larger than Glenwood but highly unlikely to bump into anyone particular -- and ran into a former officer from the 627, John Messerschmidt. We were on board about 10 years after you but he was one of those listed as not found in the con...

During training exercises, the lieutenant who was driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red-faced Colonel at the wheel. "Your jeep stuck, sir?" asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside. "Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handi...

Interesting find, Chip. There are other instances where rules on what service counts and what doesn't seem to make no sense. Vets are in a different category at my job when determining seniority for layoffs but for that purpose, my time doesn't count -- not because of the sub service but because of ...

And Papa is proud of that? He darn well ought to be! Congratulations, whatever he decides!

Tech success: Video training cuts gun mishaps By Doug Beizer A terrorists’ attack ripped a hole in the side of the guided missile destroyer USS Cole and signaled a need for stouter security at ports. An increase in the number of armed sentries improved security but left Navy officials with another p...