People
VA releases details of missing computer
The department believes the records involved are limited to people who received treatment at medical centers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in the past four years.
People
Another theft leaves VA data exposed
A computer was stolen from a contractor's office at the department, but few details have been revealed.
Cybersecurity
GAO finds holes in privacy laws
A new report concludes that privacy laws do not fully protect personal data when it is sold by information resellers.
Cybersecurity
CIOs release updated guide to information sharing
The Federal Enterprise Architecture Security and Privacy Profile Version 3 is the CIO Council's latest guidebook for cross-agency information sharing.
Cybersecurity
Circuit
Air traffic controllers reveal tricks; VA cancels credit-monitoring offer; Doan throws out first pitch at hometown baseball game; Quakers rally for judge dismissed from 10-year Indian trust fund case; FCW to hold Geekapalooza.
People
DHS names new privacy officer
Hugo Teufel III previously worked for the Interior Department and the state of Colorado.
People
VA committee marks up data protection bill
It would require the department to compensate veterans and others whose personal information is compromised.
People
VA cancels credit monitoring offer
The FBI's confidence that personal information on a stolen laptop and hard drive was not compromised led to the decision, the department said.
Cybersecurity
UPDATED: House drafts bill to improve VA's data security
It would create an undersecretary for information services and three deputies.
Cybersecurity
Personal data exposed on Navy Web site
The breach could affect all Navy and Marine Corps aviators who served in the past 20 years.
Cybersecurity
Nicholson: Stolen laptop found
FBI analysts are trying to determine if the data was accessed, VA Secretary Jim Nicholson told a House commitee.
Cybersecurity
New center to combat identity theft
Federal agencies, private companies and academic institutions have joined to establish the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection.
Cybersecurity
Rep. Buyer: Give VA CIO more clout
Promoting the CIO to undersecretary and the deputy CIO to assistant secretary could lead to better information management at the agency, Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) said at a hearing.
Cybersecurity
Hack at USDA puts 26,000 at risk
A hacker who broke into Agriculture Department systems may have stolen the personal information of 26,000 current and former USDA employees and some contractors.
Cybersecurity
Move to extend wiretap law to VOIP criticized
Skeptics: Old law doesn’t fit new technology.
Digital Government
VeriSign gets GSA FIPS-201 certification
Its Shared Service Provider PKI is the first of 90 products to receive certification through GSA's evaluation program.
Cybersecurity
Navy personnel data exposed on civilian Web site
The Web site, which the Navy has not identified, contained five spreadsheet files with personal information, including Social Security numbers, on Navy members and dependents.
People
Web Extra: Data exposures mount up
The list of federal agencies experiencing data breaches continues to grow. Here are major breaches reported in the past year.
Cybersecurity
ISS says VA hired it to analyze stolen data
A company spokeswoman did not specify the work Internet Security Systems is performing, citing the sensitive nature of the data involved.
Cybersecurity