Whatis obscured by the demands for ever greater surveillance and information processing is that securityis best established through relationships of trust and inclusion within the community.
The foundation of fraud detection iswhat professionals call "information matching"--reconciling all the information supplied by the taxpayer (including Social Security numbers) with the information on W-2s and 1099 (miscellaneous income) forms, not to mention investment income and bank transactions.
At the end of 2005, a single consolidated data base of personnel security clearance information was established and is easily accessible by authorized users to confirm who already has what clearances.