Christopher Keating reports: An attorney for state employees is charging that the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a “huge breach of privacy” involving the release of the Social Security numbers of state employees who are under investigation for food stamp fraud. The names were included on a subpoena and were released to other…
Category: Workplace
FR: Appeal court authorizes seizure of entire electronic mailbox contents
Joseph Vogel writes: Two undertakings that were subject to investigatory searches by the Competition Authority have complained of the mass undifferentiated seizure of their electronic mailboxes. The mailboxes contained items unrelated to the investigation, including personal and private emails and correspondence with the undertakings’ lawyers. According to the Competition Authority, the current state of IT…
Microsoft software would detect, score and report obnoxious workplace habits
Todd Bishop reports: Is Microsoft taking inspiration from Dwight Schrute these days? It almost seems that way based on a newly surfaced patent application from the Redmond company. The filing describes a computer system that would monitor behavior in the workplace with the goal of stopping bad habits such as co-workers cutting each other off during meetings and bosses…
CT: Time is money: DCF looks to shed costs by tracking its employees
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas reports: Following the lead of private and nonprofit businesses, the [Connecticut] Department of Children and Families is considering adding GPS devices to its fleet of 800 vehicles to quash misuse of its vehicles. In her proposal to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office, DCF Commissioner Joette Katz estimates these GPS devices will save the state nearly $250,000…