The mid-June breach exposed names, dates of birth, medical testing information, lab test results, health insurance data and partial Social Security numbers, a VA email said.
Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.”
A demonstrator holds a sign to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 5, 2022 in Madison, Wis. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The agency’s Missing and Murdered Unit will use Clearview AI tools to “rapidly identify and locate missing persons, crime victims, and suspects nationwide,” contracting documents said.
Samuel Howerton, chief scientist within DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate, and Andrew McClure, director of DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, during a fireside conversation at the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Courtesy of Billington CyberSecurity Summit)
The government plans to award at least three indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for each of its identified tracks: fingerprint, face, iris, palm and multimodal.
National Nuclear Security Administration CIO James Wolff discusses the ongoing friction between vendors and their customers, including the federal government, during a panel at the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Billington CyberSecurity Summit)
NNSA CIO James Wolff said he’s planning to add AI into vendor-vetting processes and that technology providers should aim to produce tools that are more secure.
A Department Of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection sign is displayed at the CBP headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The planned $2 million investment follows increased use of the tech in law enforcement operations, such as to support security operations during the World Cup.
The contract audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office is part of a forthcoming series of reports that aim to uncover the impact of last year’s cost-cutting…