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Publicly Exposed IQ Problems                                                                                             
In Nashville, TN if a name has too many letters in it, it could cost residents extra at license registration renewal time.                                                       
How inadequate data systems contributed to severe problems at New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services, which is responsible for foster care and adoption programs.                                                       
Property mistakenly valued at $189 million. An $18,900 property mistakenly valued at $189 million has resulted in an imbalance in the amount of property taxes the county was expecting to collect.                                                       
Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned. Numerous causes of poor quality in data collection analysis and presentation and lack of due diligence in media reporting are illustrated.                                                       
Cancer doctor at fault over scans. A doctor was to blame for misreading the breast cancer scan results of 28 women--one of whom has since died from the disease.                                                       
Printing gaffe leads to $24 billion utility bill. Thanks to a printing error, Richard Redden and more than 1,300 Weatherford utility customers this week received billion-dollar electric bills marked as late notices.                                                       
Error gave sex attacker passport. A Somali asylum seeker jailed for several sex attacks but allowed to stay in the UK was given a British passport "in error."                                                       
Migration statistics 'inadequate'. Government statistics underestimate the true number of immigrants, leading to under-funding and a burden on services.                                                       
PAYE errors leave 5 million paying wrong tax. HM Revenue and Customs computer systems are no longer suited to the efficient administration of income tax.                                                       
Watchdogs tear into Revenue over lost billions. NAO audit details billions of pounds of overpayments in tax credits and another billion being lost to fraud and error.                                                       
UK fails to check immigrants on Interpol's list of suspects. Attacks could potentially be prevented if authorities checked immigrants' details against the Interpol database.                                                       
$485M overpaid to storm victims. FEMA struggles to reclaim the money given to tens of thousands of people it says shouldn't have been given aid.                                                       
VA surgeon cuts off the wrong testicle                                                       
Justice gets wrong statute, pays $100M price. Poorly written Justice Dept. documents cost the federal government more than $100 million in what was supposed to have been the crowning moment of the biggest tax prosecution ever.                                                       
AHRQ Study Finds Wrong-site Surgery Rare and Preventable--Researchers estimate that a wrong-site surgery serious enough to report to insurance risk managers would occur once every 5 to 10 years in a single large hospital.                                                       
Where on earth are those sales figures? Workers miss information that might be valuable to their jobs almost every day because of poor information distribution.                                                       
'Friendly fire' video: 'I'm going to be sick'--A leaked cockpit video posted on a newspaper website Tuesday U.S. pilots.                                                       
GM delays quarterly report, to restate past results                                                       
The Wizard of Odd: Paperless balloting is increasingly under fire. The government's premier science and technology panel last month came out against it.                                                       
Medical errors cause at least 18 deaths, report says                                                       
Insurer may settle suits with cell phone payout: Class-action settlement would help Asurion insurance clients                                                       
Public accounts committee report in the UK warns the government is wasting £800m due to poor IQ related to benefit payments                                                       
Cause of Death: Sloppy Doctors: Medication mistakes injure more than 1.5 million Americans annually. Many of these errors result from the illegible writing on written presciptions.                                                       
Some 1099 forms will arrive late                                                       
Enron's Skilling enters prison: Accountability for IQ and costs of poor quality information                                                       
IRS knew risk before refunds. A "USA Today" examination of the IRS Electronic Fraud Detection System project found the previously unpublicized Nov. 2005 warning, along with other warnings.                                                       
Judge: Currency biased against blind. U.S. money can't be identified by touch.                                                       
Canceled warrant let fugitive go. Despite his arrests in 1980's, mistake by state not discovered until 1997.                                                       
IRS might be after you--to mail you a check. Incorrect addresses stall nearly 1,500 Tennessee refunds.                                                       
Healthways merger falls through: 'Data and reporting' error cited as reason. Stock price fell 4.28%                                                       
Statscan admits five-year inflation mistake. Key price index was miscalculated by 0.1 percent over last five years.                                                       
The FBI's Upgrade That Wasn't. $170 Million bought an unusuable computer system.                                                       
Information Quality problems contribute to medication errors that harm 1.5 million patients per year. Errors happen at every stage in the medication administration value chain including prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring                                                       
IRS glitch costs U.S. up to $300M. Computer program which scans returns for fraud wasn't operating.                                                       
Callers get shoddy advice on drug plans. GAO says most Medicare info is wrong.                                                       
Man not deported after 14 arrests. Feds not aware of immigrant's cases.                                                       
Hospital Initiative to Cut Errors Finds About 122,300 Lives Saved                                                       
GAO says U.S. paid out $1.4 billion for bogus claims after hurricanes                                                       
Morgan Stanley agrees to $15M fine to settle charges that it purposely hid archived electronic information from the SEC.                                                       
Fannie Mae review finds more errors                                                       
Google's 'click fraud' settlement disappoints many advertisers                                                       
College Board flunks math, gets 4,411 SAT scores wrong                                                       
Pentagon's messy books defy auditors. A giant operation with unwieldy, incompatible accounting systems means much gets lost.                                                       
AIG to pay $1.6B to settle probe. Insurer also agrees to alter its accounting practices to avoid criminal fraud case.                                                       
FedEx W-2s deliver surprise. Forms include tax information from other employees.                                                       
Medicare program confuses 52% polled                                                       
Computer errors prompt concern over global stock-trading systems                                                       
Insurers ordered to fix drug problems                                                       
12 miners found alive                                                       
Relief sweeps W.Va. mining town                                                       
Alleged fund fraud leads to charges for 6 ex-Putnam Fiduciary Trust execs accused of hiding a trading error that caused employee retirement assets to miss out on $4M in stock gains.                                                       
VA answers to veterans are often plain wrong. Callers to helpline were more likely to get a completely wrong answer that a completely right one.                                                       
Heart attack patients face bleeding risk. Study finds many get overdoses of strong blood-thinning drugs.                                                       
Chemical case costs DuPont record fine. Failure to report widespread exposures to a potentially toxic chemical will cost the company $16.5 M.                                                       
Waste, lax rules misspend billions of 9/11 aid, newspaper reports                                                       
Typing error leads to jitters, $225 million loss on Tokyo Stock Exchange                                                       
Medicare guide has error about new drug benefit                                                       
Billions in 9/11 recovery loans were misused. Many small businesses didn't need assistance, investigation indicates.                                                       
Global goal--Reduce medical errors                                                       
Scientists find errors in global warming data. Satellites gave temps for nights, not daytime.                                                       
Report questions over $1.4B of Halliburton bills. Spokeswoman says company unfairly singled out.                                                       
Meharry, lab sued over autopsy test error. Mother charged in disabled daughter's death.                                                       
Citigroup settles Enron suit for $2 billion. Financial services company finds out penalty for its role in huge accounting scandal.                                                       
The Silent Scream of Numbers. Was the election of 2004 stolen?                                                       
Controller Partly to Blame for 2002 Crash. A Swiss air controller noticed too late that a cargo plane and a Russian charter plane were on a collision course.                                                       
FDA to require barcoding of hospital medications to help ensure patients get the right dose of the right drug at the right time.                                                       
Glitches plague Florida election. High-tech voting machine woes force polls to stay open.                                                       
Goodyear reveals $100 million error. Accounting system caused billing errors decreasing income by as much as $100 million.                                                       
IRS tax help is faulty study finds. IRS tax centers established to help people prepare their tax returns gave incorrect answers, or no answers at all, to 43% of the questions asked by Treasury Dept. investigators posing as taxpayers.                                                       
Lottery officials working to iron out system glitches                                                       
Report--Indian bureau has bad data. Bad data entry in a system for schools' maintenance and repairs could cost the Bureau of Indian Affairs millions.                                                       
War on terrorism--Agency works to fix errors in 'no-fly' lists                                                       
Blood test error causes death. A woman who swapped beds with another patient in their hospital room so she could be near the window died after receiving the wrong type of blood during surgery.                                                       
Computer trouble at Ohio utility preceded blackout. At least 2 1/2 hours prior to the blackout, technicians who monitor the company's power lines reported calls from power plant operators warning of serious problems on the Midwestern electricity grid.                                                       
Budget accidentally put online. Hundreds of pages of President Bush's defense budget proposal appeared on the comptroller section of the Pentagon web site.                                                       
AT&T billing error over charges thousands                                                       
Information Quality Mandate for Election Reform                                                       

 

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