Cleaning out my Closet || Dedicated to Karen #CON

“Cleanin Out My Closet” by Eminem

Where’s my snare?

I have no snare in my headphones – there you go

Yeah… yo, yo

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?

I have; I’ve been protested and demonstrated against

Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times

Sick as the mind of the motherfucking kid that’s behind

All this commotion emotions run deep as ocean’s exploding

Tempers flaring from parents just blow ’em off and keep going

Not taking nothing from no one give ’em hell long as I’m breathing

Keep kicking ass in the morning and taking names in the evening

Leave ’em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth

See they can trigger me, but they’ll never figure me out

Look at me now; I bet ya probably sick of me now ain’t you momma?

I’m a make you look so ridiculous now

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Ha! I got some skeletons in my closet

And I don’t know if no one knows it

So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it

I’m a expose it; I’ll take you back to ’73

Before I ever had a multi-platinum selling CD

I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months

My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch

Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye

No I don’t on second thought I just fucking wished he would die

I look at Hailie, and I couldn’t picture leaving her side

Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I’d try

To make it work with her at least for Hailie’s sake

I maybe made some mistakes

But I’m only human, but I’m man enough to face them today

What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb

But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets outta that gun

Cause I’da killed him; shit I would’ve shot Kim and him both

It’s my life, I’d like to welcome y’all to “The Eminem Show”

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Now I would never diss my own momma just to get recognition

Take a second to listen for who you think this record is dissing

But put yourself in my position; just try to envision

Witnessing your momma popping prescription pills in the kitchen

Bitching that someone’s always going through her purse and shit’s missing

Going through public housing systems, victim of Munchhausen’s Syndrome

My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn’t

‘Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to ya stomach

Doesn’t it? Wasn’t it the reason you made that CD for me Ma?

So you could try to justify the way you treated me Ma?

But guess what? You’re getting older now and it’s cold when your lonely

And Nathan’s growing up so quick he’s gonna know that your phony

And Hailie’s getting so big now; you should see her, she’s beautiful

But you’ll never see her – she won’t even be at your funeral!

See what hurts me the most is you won’t admit you was wrong

Bitch do your song – keep telling yourself that you was a mom!

But how dare you try to take what you didn’t help me to get

You selfish bitch; I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit

Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?

Well guess what, I am dead – dead to you as can be!

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Cleaning out my Closet || Dedicated to Karen #CON

“Cleanin Out My Closet” by Eminem

Where’s my snare?

I have no snare in my headphones – there you go

Yeah… yo, yo

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?

I have; I’ve been protested and demonstrated against

Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times

Sick as the mind of the motherfucking kid that’s behind

All this commotion emotions run deep as ocean’s exploding

Tempers flaring from parents just blow ’em off and keep going

Not taking nothing from no one give ’em hell long as I’m breathing

Keep kicking ass in the morning and taking names in the evening

Leave ’em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth

See they can trigger me, but they’ll never figure me out

Look at me now; I bet ya probably sick of me now ain’t you momma?

I’m a make you look so ridiculous now

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Ha! I got some skeletons in my closet

And I don’t know if no one knows it

So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it

I’m a expose it; I’ll take you back to ’73

Before I ever had a multi-platinum selling CD

I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months

My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch

Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye

No I don’t on second thought I just fucking wished he would die

I look at Hailie, and I couldn’t picture leaving her side

Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I’d try

To make it work with her at least for Hailie’s sake

I maybe made some mistakes

But I’m only human, but I’m man enough to face them today

What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb

But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets outta that gun

Cause I’da killed him; shit I would’ve shot Kim and him both

It’s my life, I’d like to welcome y’all to “The Eminem Show”

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Now I would never diss my own momma just to get recognition

Take a second to listen for who you think this record is dissing

But put yourself in my position; just try to envision

Witnessing your momma popping prescription pills in the kitchen

Bitching that someone’s always going through her purse and shit’s missing

Going through public housing systems, victim of Munchhausen’s Syndrome

My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn’t

‘Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to ya stomach

Doesn’t it? Wasn’t it the reason you made that CD for me Ma?

So you could try to justify the way you treated me Ma?

But guess what? You’re getting older now and it’s cold when your lonely

And Nathan’s growing up so quick he’s gonna know that your phony

And Hailie’s getting so big now; you should see her, she’s beautiful

But you’ll never see her – she won’t even be at your funeral!

See what hurts me the most is you won’t admit you was wrong

Bitch do your song – keep telling yourself that you was a mom!

But how dare you try to take what you didn’t help me to get

You selfish bitch; I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit

Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?

Well guess what, I am dead – dead to you as can be!

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet (one more time)

I said I’m sorry momma!

I never meant to hurt you!

I never meant to make you cry; but tonight

I’m cleaning out my closet

Wake Me Up When September Ends – BIG SMILES!!!

“Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

like my father’s come to pass

seven years has gone so fast

wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again

falling from the stars

drenched in my pain again

becoming who we are

as my memory rests

but never forgets what I lost

wake me up when September ends

summer has come and passed

the innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

ring out the bells again

like we did when spring began

wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again

falling from the stars

drenched in my pain again

becoming who we are

as my memory rests

but never forgets what I lost

wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

like my father’s come to pass

twenty years has gone so fast

wake me up when September ends

wake me up when September ends

wake me up when September ends

Wake Me Up When September Ends – BIG SMILES!!!

“Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

like my father’s come to pass

seven years has gone so fast

wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again

falling from the stars

drenched in my pain again

becoming who we are

as my memory rests

but never forgets what I lost

wake me up when September ends

summer has come and passed

the innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

ring out the bells again

like we did when spring began

wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again

falling from the stars

drenched in my pain again

becoming who we are

as my memory rests

but never forgets what I lost

wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

wake me up when September ends

like my father’s come to pass

twenty years has gone so fast

wake me up when September ends

wake me up when September ends

wake me up when September ends

Oversight of Government Privacy, Security Rules for Health Data Questioned | Center for Democracy & Technology

Oversight and accountability for following federal privacy and security rules is critical if the public is going to trust that the next generation of electronic health care providers, insurers, and billing services can protect the privacy of their medical information.  A recent report by the Government Accountability Office questions whether sufficient work is being done to build that public trust.

The GAO report says the Department of Health and Human Services has failed to issue new rules for protecting personal health information and lacks a long-term plan for ensuring that those new rules are being followed.  The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is responsible for overseeing these efforts, acknowledged these concerns but noted that rules are winding their way through government channels and that they have “taken the necessary first steps towards establishing a sustainable” oversight program.   

The report’s two main concerns are: (1) the urgent need for guidance on de-identification methods, and (2) lack of a long-term plan for auditing covered entities and business associates for compliance with federal privacy and security rules (specifically, HIPAA and HITECH).

De-Identification Guidance

De-identification is a tool that enables health data to be used for a broad range of purposes while minimizing the risks to individual privacy.  Under HIPAA, there are two methods that can be used to de-identify health data. The first is the safe harbor method, which merely requires the removal of 18 specific categories of identifiers, such as name, address, dates of birth or health care services, and other unique identifiers.  The second is the expert determination method that certifies that the data, in the hands of the intended recipient, raises a very small risk of re-identification. The safe harbor method is static and presumes that the removal of the 18 categories of identifiers translates into very low risk of re-identification in all circumstances.

In HITECH, Congress directed HHS to complete a study of the HIPAA de-identification standard by February 2010.  Though covered entities rely more on the safe harbor method because it is easier to understand and more accessible, OCR aimed to produce guidance that would “clarify guidelines for conducting the expert determination method of de-identification to reduce entities reliance on the Safe Harbor method,” according to the report.  Two years later and notwithstanding its good intentions, OCR has not released this guidance.  

CDT has met with industry and consumer stakeholders about how to improve federal policy regarding de-identified health data since 2009. CDT also recently published an article in JAMIA proposing a number of policies to strengthen HIPAA de-identification standards and ensure accountability for unauthorized re-identification.  

The OCR should issue the required guidance on de-identification without further delay and continue seeking public feedback on how to build trust in uses of de-identified data.  Foot dragging on this issue risks impeding progress on the ability to monitor the public’s health in ways that go far beyond mere notification and routine reporting of symptoms, diagnoses, etc.  With these new capabilities in place, public health officials can move beyond traditional detection and response to outbreaks, enabling earlier disease detection, allowing public health officials to take a more active role monitoring health issues from cancer screening to adult immunizations to HIV.

Ensuring Compliance

Routine audits help ensure that covered entities and business associates comply with HIPAA and HITECH regulations.  Audits also provide OCR with important information about how entities covered by HIPAA and HITECH are implementing critically important privacy and security protections, and potentially surface issues needing further regulatory guidance and helping OCR better determine when penalties for noncompliance are warranted.  

HITECH directed HHS to audit entities covered by HIPAA for compliance with HIPAA and new HITECH requirements; OCR officials began those audits earlier this year. The report states that OCR has no plan to sustain these audits beyond 2012; the report also notes that HHS does not have a defined plan for including HIPAA business associates in its audits. HHS responded that OCR plans to review the pilot audit program at the end of this year and move forward with an audit program after that step is complete.

If the public is to trust that the privacy of their health information is well protected, it must know where that information is going and how it’s being used. The report highlights the importance of audits as an effective mechanism for accountability. CDT is encouraged by the progress OCR has made to date in its pilot audit program, and we are pleased to see HHS commit to learning from the pilots to developing and implementing a sustained plan for auditing compliance with federal privacy and security regulations. 

For updates, follow us on Twitter at @CenDemTech.

https://www.cdt.org/blogs/suchismita-pahi/1607oversight-government-privacy-se…

Oversight of Government Privacy, Security Rules for Health Data Questioned | Center for Democracy & Technology

Oversight and accountability for following federal privacy and security rules is critical if the public is going to trust that the next generation of electronic health care providers, insurers, and billing services can protect the privacy of their medical information.  A recent report by the Government Accountability Office questions whether sufficient work is being done to build that public trust.

The GAO report says the Department of Health and Human Services has failed to issue new rules for protecting personal health information and lacks a long-term plan for ensuring that those new rules are being followed.  The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is responsible for overseeing these efforts, acknowledged these concerns but noted that rules are winding their way through government channels and that they have “taken the necessary first steps towards establishing a sustainable” oversight program.   

The report’s two main concerns are: (1) the urgent need for guidance on de-identification methods, and (2) lack of a long-term plan for auditing covered entities and business associates for compliance with federal privacy and security rules (specifically, HIPAA and HITECH).

De-Identification Guidance

De-identification is a tool that enables health data to be used for a broad range of purposes while minimizing the risks to individual privacy.  Under HIPAA, there are two methods that can be used to de-identify health data. The first is the safe harbor method, which merely requires the removal of 18 specific categories of identifiers, such as name, address, dates of birth or health care services, and other unique identifiers.  The second is the expert determination method that certifies that the data, in the hands of the intended recipient, raises a very small risk of re-identification. The safe harbor method is static and presumes that the removal of the 18 categories of identifiers translates into very low risk of re-identification in all circumstances.

In HITECH, Congress directed HHS to complete a study of the HIPAA de-identification standard by February 2010.  Though covered entities rely more on the safe harbor method because it is easier to understand and more accessible, OCR aimed to produce guidance that would “clarify guidelines for conducting the expert determination method of de-identification to reduce entities reliance on the Safe Harbor method,” according to the report.  Two years later and notwithstanding its good intentions, OCR has not released this guidance.  

CDT has met with industry and consumer stakeholders about how to improve federal policy regarding de-identified health data since 2009. CDT also recently published an article in JAMIA proposing a number of policies to strengthen HIPAA de-identification standards and ensure accountability for unauthorized re-identification.  

The OCR should issue the required guidance on de-identification without further delay and continue seeking public feedback on how to build trust in uses of de-identified data.  Foot dragging on this issue risks impeding progress on the ability to monitor the public’s health in ways that go far beyond mere notification and routine reporting of symptoms, diagnoses, etc.  With these new capabilities in place, public health officials can move beyond traditional detection and response to outbreaks, enabling earlier disease detection, allowing public health officials to take a more active role monitoring health issues from cancer screening to adult immunizations to HIV.

Ensuring Compliance

Routine audits help ensure that covered entities and business associates comply with HIPAA and HITECH regulations.  Audits also provide OCR with important information about how entities covered by HIPAA and HITECH are implementing critically important privacy and security protections, and potentially surface issues needing further regulatory guidance and helping OCR better determine when penalties for noncompliance are warranted.  

HITECH directed HHS to audit entities covered by HIPAA for compliance with HIPAA and new HITECH requirements; OCR officials began those audits earlier this year. The report states that OCR has no plan to sustain these audits beyond 2012; the report also notes that HHS does not have a defined plan for including HIPAA business associates in its audits. HHS responded that OCR plans to review the pilot audit program at the end of this year and move forward with an audit program after that step is complete.

If the public is to trust that the privacy of their health information is well protected, it must know where that information is going and how it’s being used. The report highlights the importance of audits as an effective mechanism for accountability. CDT is encouraged by the progress OCR has made to date in its pilot audit program, and we are pleased to see HHS commit to learning from the pilots to developing and implementing a sustained plan for auditing compliance with federal privacy and security regulations. 

For updates, follow us on Twitter at @CenDemTech.

https://www.cdt.org/blogs/suchismita-pahi/1607oversight-government-privacy-se…

Computer Disposal Procedure

Computer Disposal Procedure

A. Reason for Procedure

 Equipment that is obsolete and no longer in use needs to be disposed of in a secure and environmentally friendly manner. Secure disposal is critical to protect personally identifiable data and other sensitive information. For these reasons, disposal of computer equipment must be done in accordance with clearly-defined and documented procedures.

B. Responsible Office and/or Officer

The Department of Computing and Information Services (CIS) is responsible for the maintenance of these procedures, and for responding to questions regarding them.  The responsible official is V. Ena Haines, Director of Information Technology.

C. Procedures

  • TC user calls CIS Help Desk to report a computer which needs to be replaced or disposed of.
    • If user contacts Facilities first, Facilities will direct user to CIS.
  • CIS Help Desk staff member will arrange a visit  to the office
    • Help Desk staff member physically removes internal hard drive from CPU
    • Help Desk staff places neon-red ‘Ready for Disposal’ sticker on CPU and monitor to be disposed of.
    • Mice and keyboards can be trashed or recycled depending on wear, but do NOT need special arrangements for pickup.
  • CIS Help Desk staff member creates a Facilities work order (at facilities.tc.columbia.edu) indicating the room number and in the description field enters ‘Computer Disposal Pickup.”
  • Facilities will go to office and pick up CPU and monitor and deliver to Shipping and Receiving for holding and appropriate disposal with approved vendor.

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Computer Disposal Procedure

Computer Disposal Procedure

A. Reason for Procedure

 Equipment that is obsolete and no longer in use needs to be disposed of in a secure and environmentally friendly manner. Secure disposal is critical to protect personally identifiable data and other sensitive information. For these reasons, disposal of computer equipment must be done in accordance with clearly-defined and documented procedures.

B. Responsible Office and/or Officer

The Department of Computing and Information Services (CIS) is responsible for the maintenance of these procedures, and for responding to questions regarding them.  The responsible official is V. Ena Haines, Director of Information Technology.

C. Procedures

  • TC user calls CIS Help Desk to report a computer which needs to be replaced or disposed of.
    • If user contacts Facilities first, Facilities will direct user to CIS.
  • CIS Help Desk staff member will arrange a visit  to the office
    • Help Desk staff member physically removes internal hard drive from CPU
    • Help Desk staff places neon-red ‘Ready for Disposal’ sticker on CPU and monitor to be disposed of.
    • Mice and keyboards can be trashed or recycled depending on wear, but do NOT need special arrangements for pickup.
  • CIS Help Desk staff member creates a Facilities work order (at facilities.tc.columbia.edu) indicating the room number and in the description field enters ‘Computer Disposal Pickup.”
  • Facilities will go to office and pick up CPU and monitor and deliver to Shipping and Receiving for holding and appropriate disposal with approved vendor.

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