More than 78 companies nationwide fired an employee in the past year for e-mail policy violations, according to a recent survey of 301 companies nationwide with 1,000 or more employees.
The study of outgoing e-mail and content security in the workplace found that 69 said their business was affected by the exposure of sensitive or embarrassing information in the past year. The study was performed by Proofpoint, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm that provides e-mail security and data loss prevention to defend against inbound threats such as spam and viruses, prevent leaks of confidential information and encrypt sensitive e-mails.
Of the 301 businesses that responded, 114 companies perform regular audits of outbound e-mail content, 36 investigated the exposure of confidential, sensitive or private information via a posting to a social networking site and 102 had e-mail subpoenaed.
GCR building system for mariners union
Seafarers International Union has selected New Orleans-based GCR and Associates to create an enterprise data management system to support its membership and associate companies.
“This is an incredible pivotal project for our firm,” said Greg Rigamer, CEO of GCR and Associates. “It puts us in the midst of a major international organization for the management of their personnel and their assets.”
This system will build on Seafarers’ existing business processes and technology infrastructure for managing Seafarers’ data such as individual membership, training and certifications, pension checks, dues collection, benefit plan status and other union-related functions.
The system will specifically solve challenges Seafarers is experiencing because of increasing member services online.
Seafarers International Union represents unlicensed U.S. merchant mariners sailing aboard U.S.-flag vessels in the deep sea, Great Lakes and inland trades.
Rigamer said GCR, which works mostly with airports, is beginning to do more with the maritime industry and hopes the Seafarers project will strengthen that connection.
City seeks transparency, ease in new Web site
The city of New Orleans has redesigned its Web site in an effort to make recovery information more accessible and governmental interaction easier.
“Citizens, businesses and visitors will find the new site is easier to navigate,” said Anthony Jones, interim director of the Mayor’s Office of Technology.
Citizens and visitors can view the new site at www.cityofno.com and complete a survey to offer feedback to help determine if the site meets users’ needs.
The new site also is also designed to provide faster and easier interaction with city government departments, according to the city.
“The redevelopment of the city’s Web site increases access to vital information, increases the number of services offered to citizens, creates greater transparency and offers streamlined payment processes for government services,” Mayor C. Ray Nagin said.
Study: Feds limiting online access to records
Most federal agencies do not comply with 1997 language in the Freedom of Information Act requiring them to expand online access to records, according to a 2007 study by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
Only 21 percent of agencies post on their Web sites the four categories of information required by amendments to FOIA a decade after they became law. The four required categories are agency opinions and orders, policy statements, frequently requested records and guidance to agency staff.
Only 6 percent were found to post all 10 types of information deemed essential under FOIA. These include information about where to send requests, fee status, fee waivers, expedited processing, reply time, exemptions, administrative appeal rights, where to send appeals, judicial review rights and an index of records of major information systems.
Just 26 percent of agencies provide online forms for FOIA requests, according to the study.
The study also found that many agency Web links were either missing or incorrect.
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