They only end up there after an FFL closes prior to x number of years, right?
I'm more saying that yet another rule is being ignored by the Fed and folks shrug it off, again.
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They only end up there after an FFL closes prior to x number of years, right?
I'm more saying that yet another rule is being ignored by the Fed and folks shrug it off, again.
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We are not shrugging it off and I don't believe that the rule is being ignored so much as the agency is inept at keeping and culling the records it does have.
The GAO is one of several entities within the federal government that is charged with finding non-compliance with federal laws and regulations by other federal agencies. In this case GAO found out that BATFE was woefully inadequate in deleting data that it didn't know it had retained. If BATFE knew they had the data, they would have either deleted it as they were supposed to do OR they would have hidden it from the crack investigative staff at the GAO. Don't give the GAO much credit, they announce their audits in advance. BATFE knew they were being audited and had no clue they would be caught with the data they thought they had deleted but obviously had not. This is par for the course across the federal government. I am not happy about it, but there are 24 hours in a day and four and half days in a federal work week. I only get about 30 minutes each year to worry about things that no one will ever do anything about in my lifetime. This one doesn't even get on my scale.
Some of the truly tragic incompetence being funded by our tax dollars is almost enough to keep me up at night; but I manage to sleep a few hours here and there.
Be safe.
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How is a rule not being ignored when PII is supposed to scrubbed, and not being so. Saying someone is too stupid to scrub it doesn't mean it's okay not too scrub it. Jesus. Give them the common core pass?
I don't know what a rule/obligation/law is to you, but to me, it's something that should be looked out for and not ignored.
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Ignoring something is willfully not doing what you know you are supposed to do. It is a choice not just ignorance. Gigging someone on an audit/inspection happens on a regular basis. I am certain that the GAO has already provided a time frame for a re-audit where they will go back to see if BATFE has complied with the recommendations from their first audit findings. I will not be totally surprised if BATFE fails to correct all of the findings from the first audit. That also would not be a willful attempt at circumventing the law/regulations, but further evidence of how absolutely incompetent and overwhelmed the agency is at following their own regulations and federal legislation. The worst they can expect is a strongly worded rebuke from the Congressional oversight committee and possible funding reductions, but those would be drastic steps and not likely to happen.Quote:
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You might be surprised what the law means to me.
I live in this world, not the world I would like it to be.
PCI compliance, etc, shouldn't apply to the government, right? Doesn't have to be this way, man. Europe has "Safe Harbor", we have "okay to store your info if it has a 10-20 year backlog". Thank freedom.
Of course it applies. What is the remedy? Do you believe someone will go to jail over this? Who is being naive now?
The questions are why does it happen and how does it get fixed?
Hint: It doesn't happen because there is an evil sorcerer in a tower conspiring to put all gun owners into a federal database.
Someone should fuckin go to jail over it. I can't point a finger but I bet someone can (hell, can probably throw a pile of pencils and not hit an innocent being). I don't know how we can ever expect change when the response is "it's tough and is old as rocks". That's all I'm gonna say. We've chatted. Good'night folks.Quote:
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The solution is, you're given, data, that you're expected to treat in a certain way, and if you don't, you're going to be fucking "butt raped by our legal system and potentially put to death". Why is this so hard to grasp? People are given opportunities like this everyday and the ones who take advantage, we call criminals. Excect when they work for an ABC?
May I suggest Hillary Rodham Clinton for jail?
Wishful thinking [Coffee]
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