House Republicans Want FEMA to Answer for Leaking 2.3 Million Americans' Data

NextGov: After poor management and data controls led to 2.3 million disaster survivors’ highly sensitive information being released to a contractor, a group of Republican lawmakers are calling on officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to explain themselves before Congress.

Last month, a FEMA inspector general report revealed the agency had been providing more personal data than it should—including addresses, financial institutions and banking numbers—on disaster survivors looking for housing assistance through the agency’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.

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