Citing privacy issues, FEMA restricts release of data on Katrina evacuees, complicating search for loved ones
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-usfema134467290oct13,0,4250417.storyTHE WASHINGTON POST
October 13, 2005
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is restricting the release of information on Hurricane Katrina evacuees, complicating efforts by families to find loved ones and by law enforcement officials searching for parolees and convicted sex offenders.
Citing privacy concerns, FEMA has rejected a request by Texas officials for access to its database of the more than 100,000 evacuees who have registered for state aid, according to the governor's office.
-snip-
FEMA officials have barred shelter workers from sharing information about evacuees, even with family members, unless the evacuees had signed release forms. In many cases, relief workers said, such forms were lost or never presented in the chaos of the exodus.
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
