Information released named employees in covert operations

(Editor's note: This is the second and final part in a series on tranparency in Montana.)

HELENA - Earlier this year state officials released payroll information on thousands of state employees that they now claim in some cases contained confidential information that should not have been released.

Department of Administration Deputy Director Sheryl Olsonsaid payroll information was sent electronically to a state legislator in response to an information request. She said the legislator was later asked to scrub the information from his computer after officials discovered two issues t...