WA: Personnel files for Larch workers stolen

[kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>]

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jan/01/personnel-files-for-larch-workers-stolen/

The Washington Department of Corrections is investigating an incident
in which a briefcase full of sensitive personnel records was stolen
from the vehicle of a Larch Corrections Center manager early Monday
morning.

An inmate and guard walk through a gate at Larch Corrections Center in
east Clark County.

Larch human resources manager Roy Murphy reportedly took the records
home over last weekend to review them, then left his briefcase on the
seat of his car while he worked out at the 24-Hour Fitness Center at
13019 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd. between 6 and 7:15 a.m. Monday.

While he was inside, someone smashed a window in the car. Murphy
returned to find the briefcase and 43 files missing. Others had
spilled out of the briefcase inside the car.

Donna Haley, human resources director for the Department of
Corrections, said preliminary information indicates Murphy took the
files home to conduct an annual review required by the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. The files contained forms known as I-9s, which
provide documentation that employees are legally able to work in the
United States. They included driver’s license and Social Security
information such as home addresses and dates of birth.

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