US Gov't Makes a Mess of Classifying Sensitive Data

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 13, 2010 @12:01PM from the bureaucracy-at-its-finest dept.

coondoggie writes "Protecting and classifying sensitive information such as social security numbers shouldn't be that hard, but (perhaps not surprisingly) the US government has elevated complicating that task to an art form. It seems that designating, safeguarding, and disseminating such important information involves over 100 unique markings and at least 130 different labeling or handling routines, reflecting a disjointed, inconsistent, and unpredictable system for protecting, sharing, and disclosing sensitive information." This was the conclusion of a recent report (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office, which also "found areas where sensitive information is not fully safeguarded and thus may remain at risk of unauthorized disclosure or misuse."

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First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-13 12:08 · Score: -1, Troll

This first post has been declared "Treat as Secret" by Dick Cheney - Shadow President of the United States.
Mission Accomplished
First piss by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-13 12:10 · Score: -1, Troll

from my dick to your lips
Can't hide SSN, wait till it is your health info. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-13 13:04 · Score: -1, Troll

This is another reason why BIG goverment is bad. You think it is bad because they cant hide sensative info like a SSN, wait till they control all of your health records. Heck, they LOST (JUST LOST!) Billions of the stimulis money that they have no accounting for, so I wouldn't trust them to hold anything. Oh yeah, they are still keeping the UFO's secret...