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The Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors approved a series of sweeping reforms today addressing
the County’s policies for the retention and destruction of
confidential documents.
These reforms came about as a result of
a legislative priority of Supervisor Don Knabe to strengthen the
County’s document destruction policies to ensure that any
confidential or personal information is secured and disposed of
properly in all County departments and agencies.
Serious questions of existing policies came into question after an
investigation by KNBC-TV in early 2006 revealed several incidents of
security breeches of confidential employee records and welfare
recipient client information maintained by the Department of Public
Social Services. As a result of this investigation, Supervisor Knabe
called for a review and reform of document retention policies across
the entire County.
“In providing services to the public, this County has no more
important responsibility than to protect any confidential or
personal records of our residents, “said Knabe.
The plan approved by the Board of Supervisors today represents the
most sweeping reform in document retention policy since the Board
first addressed the issue in May 1958. The new plan includes
policies for portable computing devices, such as laptops, policies
for the handling and destruction of confidential documents in all
County departments, policies for record retention and protection and
outreach programs for County employees and residents who may have
been the victims of identity theft.
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