Department of Veteran Affairs: Information Security and Information Technology Management Reorganization

Panangala, Sidath Viranga

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Veterans;    Information technology;    Security classification (Government documents);    Information leaking;    Technology;   

RP-ID  :  RL33612
RP-ID  :  RL33612 2006-08-14

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

On May 3, 2006, the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data analyst was burglarized, resulting in the theft of a laptop computer and an external data storage device that was reported to contain personal information on more than 26 million veterans and United States military personnel. The VA Secretary testified that he was not informed of the incident until May 16, 2006, almost two weeks after the data had been stolen. VA publicly announced the theft on May 22. On June 29, VA announced that the stolen laptop computer and external hard drive had been recovered intact and that, based on a forensic examination conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the files on the external hard drive had not been compromised.