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U.S. VA Reports New Data Loss

David Hubler writes on FCW.com:

As another instance of data loss at the Department of Veterans Affairs comes to light, the VA’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) has awarded a contract to Identity Force for identity theft protection services for more than 5,700 citizens, 660 of whom were veterans.

The number of individuals who enroll in this opt-in program will determine the value of the contract, Identity Force said in a statement.

The contract is the result of a May 8 incident in which a backup data tape was reported missing from the general counsel’s regional office in Indianapolis, Ind., said VA spokeswoman Jo Schuda.

She said the missing data contained mostly legal records dating back to the 1970s. “Along with the legal issues there were attorney work products,” she said. “The data contained entries for any kind of legal cases that the attorneys worked on, not necessarily veterans.’”

posted by Fergie @ 10/12/2006 11:10:00 AM