Tories kill access to information database
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The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable.
The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, or CAIRS, is an electronic list of nearly every access to information request filed to federal departments and agencies.
Originally created in 1989, [...]
Beware ‘thick accent’ man soliciting private information
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Authorities issued a warning to Ulster County residents Friday that a “man with a thick accent” has been making “unauthorized calls” soliciting personal information like social security numbers and banking information.
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The caller states that since the Social Security Administration will be issuing new cards, he needs the verifying information, according to the district attorney’s Consumer [...]
The AMA and more than 70 other organizations are conducting a comprehensive multi-specialty survey of America’s physician practices. The results will be used to positively influence national decision makers to ensure accurate and fair representation for all physicians and patients, and to articulate the challenges of running a practice that provides expert patient care, while [...]
EDINBURG - A local company that operates several fitness centers across the region could be fined if investigators substantiate allegations it left clients’ sensitive personal information in a trash bin.
The situation came to light earlier this week when a local TV news report detailed how personal information belonging to one of the station’s reporters was [...]
