Lawmakers propose giving 2015 OPM breach victims identity protection for life

Also: Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government

Problems viewing? View as a web page   Subscribe Here FEDERAL TECH TODAY Monday, August 03, 2026 Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images Lawmakers propose giving 2015 OPM breach victims identity protection for life By David DiMolfetta The federal government’s coverage for 22.1 million people hoovered up in the China-linked breaches is scheduled to end Sept. 30. Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government By Christian Robles, David DiMolfetta, and Alexandra Kelley The federal CIO’s departure comes after a turbulent period for the federal technology workforce where thousands of technologists left the government. Anthropic confirms its AI breached 3 organizations during testing By Alexandra Kelley Three Claude models were inadvertently given access to the internet during security evaluations, and each model took a different approach to hacking external systems. Sponsored by Accenture Federal    Commercial power at mission speed.   Accenture delivers tech and AI proven by the world’s leading companies to your agency—ready for the mission, scaled for the nation, and built to get results faster.   See how at accenturefederal.com. Did a friend forward you this? Subscribe here. Cyber industry coalition urges federal action after suspected Iran-linked water hacks By David DiMolfetta The group called on CISA to impose baseline security standards across federal operational technology systems and pressed Congress to revive several stalled cyber initiatives. Tech bills of the week: Support for quantum sciences; Child-chatbot protections; and more By Alexandra Kelley Bills introduced this week feature bipartisan efforts to bolster emerging technologies, specifically quantum information sciences and AI’s impact on nuclear security, plus more chatbot regulations. CISA urges water utilities to take exposed systems down after Minnesota hacks By David DiMolfetta A memo distributed to water industry members and obtained by Nextgov/FCW makes mention of Iran but does not directly present evidence attributing the latest Minnesota incident to the country. Sponsored by Accenture Federal    Commercial power at mission speed.   Accenture delivers tech and AI proven by the world’s leading companies to your agency—ready for the mission, scaled for the nation, and built to get results faster.   See how at accenturefederal.com. Want more news? Have a news tip? Reach us at newstips@nextgov.com. To make sure we hit your inbox every weekday, add news@e.nextgov.com to your contacts. Want more Nextgov/FCW? Sign up for our print magazine here. Thanks for reading!   NEXTGOV/FCW // CONTACT US // PRIVACY POLICY // UNSUBSCRIBE     This message was sent from Nextgov/FCW to gjagjeet610.worldwin@blogger.com. You have been sent Federal Tech Today because you have opted in to receive it. Note: It may take our system up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request and during that time you may receive one or two more newsletters. Thank you for reading Federal Tech Today. GovExec, 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037 test