Laptop Mismap Prompts VA to Ramp Up Security Investigations

May 26, 2006: According to news reports, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to review current employees’ access to sensitive data and require new background investigations in response to the loss of a laptop computer that held data on millions of veterans. (The laptop was later recovered and the data found uncompromised.)

A VA policy nominee pledges to make protecting sensitive information a priority.

Filed Under: Reform, Procedures, Adverse Actions