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Free Credit Monitoring for Veterans Rescinded After Laptop Recovered
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:30:01 -0400
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115323648624909868.html?mod=technology_main_ whats_news Free Credit Monitoring for Veterans Rescinded After Laptop Recovered Associated Press July 18, 2006 1:07 p.m. WASHINGTON -- Free credit monitoring for veterans whose personal information was stolen has been withdrawn, the Bush administration said Tuesday, because the laptop containing their data has been recovered. In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, White House budget director Rob Portman said he was canceling his office's request last month for $160.5 million in additional funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide one year of free monitoring to millions of veterans and active-duty troops. He noted that the FBI had determined with a "high degree of confidence" that information stored on the stolen laptop and external drive were not accessed or compromised. "On the basis of the FBI's analysis, the administration has concluded that credit monitoring services and the associated funding will no longer be necessary," Mr. Portman wrote. ...
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