Wis. mailing sent with personal info

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8U201M02.htm

Social Security numbers were printed on about 260,000 informational 
brochures sent by a vendor hired by the state to recipients of SeniorCare 
and other state programs.

The gaffe is the second time in 13 months that mailings including the 
recipients' Social Security numbers were sent from state departments. In 
December 2006, the state Department of Revenue mailed 171,000 tax booklets 
with the number printed on the label.

The latest mailing was first reported on Tuesday by WKOW-TV.

The state Department of Health and Family Services issued a statement 
saying the mistake was the fault of EDS, a private vendor for state 
Medicaid services. Karen Timberlake, deputy secretary of the state 
department, said the mailing went to about 260,000 Medicaid, SeniorCare, 
and BadgerCare members.

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