WRITTEN ON May 25th, 2007 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Identity

It seems the US&A President’s IT theft task force has reported back:

Final recommendations include:

* Reduce the unnecessary use of Social Security Numbers by federal agencies.
* Establish national standards requiring private entities to safeguard the personal data they compile and maintain and to notify consumers when a breach poses a risk of losing personally identifiable information.
* Implement a sustained federal awareness campaign to educate consumers, businesses and government on methods to deter, detect and defend against identity theft.
* Create a National Identity Theft Law Enforcement Center to investigate and prosecute identity thieves more effectively.

The task force, representing 17 federal agencies and departments, will play a central role in the implementation of the strategic plan. It has established a website, www.idtheft.gov , that will serve as a clearinghouse for ways to prevent and detect identity theft and help victims recover.

We await the Crosby report to set up an ID theft recovery agency (I think it’s Crosby; it’s been leaked and trailed so may times that I forget. Was it in the Budget already?)

So, you say potater and I say potartoe, but what does “bilk” mean??? Apparently it’s a term from cribbage, correctly used here.