The city takes about 45 days to notify people whether their applications for Home Relief have been approved.

"There's a moral obligation to notify people who might not know they're at risk," he said.

And they have nothing in place to notify people if there's an escape.

That's a good thing to notify people about.

Unfortunately the short time frame does not allow for any other way of notifying people.

The following letter is a model for notifying people whose names and Social Security numbers have been stolen.

For example, during a weather emergency, law enforcement officials can notify people of life-threatening conditions.

"Companies are much smarter if they notify people quickly, not only for safety but for public relations."

Some of them were to take effect March 1, but the state could not notify people that quickly.

So they're probably metering out the rate at which they notify people of these updates in order to get some control over it.