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09/29/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

GAO criticizes HHS over security of patient health records

(BigGovernment.news) [AMI Newswire] A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Monday said the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) oversight of health care privacy laws “may not be as effective as it could be,” and could expose health care records to more serious cyber attacks. A team of GAO investigators, lead by information security […]

06/21/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

GAO says FBI’s face recognition technology may be a HUGE privacy violation

(BigGovernment.news) The FBI’s high-tech facial-recognition system, which can now search through databases containing hundreds of millions of photos, has not been sufficiently tested for accuracy nor assessed in a timely way for privacy violations, Congress’s watchdog agency said in a report this week. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday released a report on what is […]

06/01/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Information technology that is so….1970s: Govt. spends BILLIONS on old, antique computer systems

(BigGovernment.news) The Government Accountability Office, in a recent audit, found that the federal government spends billions in taxpayer dollars each year to operate and maintain antiquated information technology and computer systems, leaving few dollars to upgrade and replace them. As reported by The Associated Press, the GAO, in a report released last Wednesday, found that […]

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