Regarding the conference call, an F.B.I. official said Anonymous had not in fact hacked into it or any other bureau facilities.
The private prisons "compare poorly to our own bureau facilities" in a number of areas and do not save much money, Ms. Yates wrote as she ordered them phased out.
Citing the recent report, Yates said that while "private prisons served an important role during a difficult period,...time has shown that they compared poorly to our own bureau facilities".
At one counterterrorism-bureau facility, in a darkened room full of cops wearing headphones and silently watching satellite broadcasts on big flat-screen TVs, I met a tall, gaunt officer, whom I'll call Mohamed, taking notes on news reports from Pakistan.
The problem involved a software malfunction at the bureau's facility in Clarksburg, W. Va., and was not a result of computer hacking, Mr. Fischer said.
The official, Peter Curcio, has been the department's bureau chief for facility operations, with responsibility for security in all city jails.
According to a statement to the NBC News, the bureau said the facility was operating on emergency power, but that cells had access to heat and inmates were receiving hot meals.
Specifically, information about the 'type' of organization was obtained in a self-reported response from the interviewee, the senior organizational representative, about their "type of facility, organization, bureau or office".
Although the standard national BEmONC curricula are comprehensive and up-to-date it appears to be not feasible for local partners such as health bureaus and health facilities to implement it.
Standardising the BEmONC training is a commendable initiative, yet reaching to the great majority of providers with the training could be a daunting costly endeavour particularly for local stakeholders (such as health bureaus and health facilities) as they often have meagre resources.
