Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., delivers opening remarks during a subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Pick Up After Your DOGE Act from Sens. Whitehouse, Wyden and Warren calls on the GAO to conduct comprehensive performance and security audits of agency computer…
In a letter led by Sen. Wyden and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, lawmakers raise concerns about potential Privacy Act violations. Palantir published a rebuttal on its social media channels.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)
A new bill from Sens. Whitehouse, Warren and Wyden calls for performance and security audits into what DOGE left behind in its dives into SSA computer networks.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A bipartisan group of six senators re-introduced the SAMOSA Act, which would strengthen agency oversight of software purchasing and cut down on duplicative licenses.
Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, appears at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Frank Bisignano, who previously called himself “fundamentally a DOGE person,” said PII in SSA systems “needs the highest level of scrutiny and protection.”
“Many people incorrectly believe password-protected .zip files can protect sensitive data. Indeed, many password-protected .zip files can be easily broken with off-the-shelf hacking tools,” the Oregon Democrat…