US DOJ report on Identity Theft

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/plus/a1021.pdf
...
Results in Brief

Overall we found that DOJ components responsible for combating identity 
theft have undertaken various efforts to fight this widespread crime. 
Several of the initiatives were in response to recommendations made by 
the President’s Task Force, while others were undertaken by the 
components before the Task Force was established. Although some of these 
efforts have had success, in other instances the components did not 
address the recommendations of the President’s Task Force. We also found 
that to some degree identity theft initiatives have faded as priorities. 
In addition, we found that DOJ has not developed a coordinated plan to 
combat identity theft separate from the recommendations of the 
President’s Task Force. Representatives from every DOJ component 
involved in this review told us that they have not received guidance 
from DOJ’s leadership since the Task Force concluded its work. Further, 
DOJ did not assign any person or office with the responsibility to 
coordinate DOJ’s efforts to combat identity theft and to ensure that DOJ 
components further implement the recommendations of the President’s Task 
Force where appropriate. We believe the DOJ needs to ensure that its 
efforts to combat identity theft are coordinated and are given 
sufficient priority.
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Related news story
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/30/identity.theft/index.html

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