Department of Government Efficiency members stored a copy of a massive Social Security Administration database in a “vulnerable” custom cloud environment, putting more than 300 million people’s personal information at risk, the agency’s chief data officer said in a new whistleblower complaint. The complaint, filed with Congress on Tuesday, revealed new concerns from CDO Charles Borges about “serious data security lapses” allegedly involving DOGE officials working at the SSA.
Adele Merritt is out as the top IT official at the National Institutes of Health after roughly eight months in the role, again changing up the leadership in the position. Merritt was first announced as the new chief information officer in December after most recently serving as CIO of the intelligence community. At the time she took on the position, the role hadn’t had a permanent official in roughly two years.
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DOGE employees uploaded Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud, agency whistleblower says via FedScoop: https://fedscoop.com/doge-social-security-database-whistleblower-cloud-environment-data-vulnerabilities/
NIH’s top IT official, Adele Merritt, has left the agency via FedScoop: https://fedscoop.com/nih-cio-adele-merritt-departure-university-of-maryland/
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