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Re: Medicare Patient Data Insecure, GAO Says
From: Al Mac <macwheel99 () sigecom net>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:56:24 -0500
Here are links to the actual GAO report. The highlights summary is one page. GAO reports typically go to Congress and affected agency a few weeks before to general public, to give affected agency a final opportunity to plug security holes, before everyone is told about them. Information Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network. GAO-06-750, August 30. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-750 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06750high.pdf
Medicare Patient Data Insecure, GAO Says By Kevin Freaking Associated Press Wednesday, October 4, 2006; D02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301 430_pf.html
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