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Subject:Re: Why do you do contract work? From:Sella Rush <SellaR -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Apr 1997 18:30:38 -0700
Sorry--I should have clarified my comment/question: Pertaining to Kate
Folse's survey and the suspicious response it received, why were those
questions a problem? They seemed pretty innocuous to me but I'm willing
to believe I'm naive.
Obviously the issues Buck mentioned would raise flags.
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Sella Rush
sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems, Inc. (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington USA
Developers of the CCM Database
>
>>Be suspicious of any question about private matters (how much do you
>>make?, Gender? Age? SS#, etc.) if the questioner doesn't tell you
>>convincingly why he wants the information.
>
>>Buck Buchanan
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