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More than 1,300 devices have been reported missing to USAID, document shows

Mobile devices accounted for the vast majority of lost devices reported at America’s leading foreign aid organization.

Jul 24, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

A UN worker takes a box containing sanitation kits and soap provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) being stored at a UN school before a distribution to Palestinian displaced people on August 15, 2014 in Gaza City. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

USAID requested delay on wiping device of agency employee killed in Israel by off-duty cop

A request brought to light in a USAID email exchange viewed by FedScoop raises questions about government devices and foreign law enforcement investigations.

May 8, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

President Joe Biden visits the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

FEMA employees brought government devices abroad without authorization, including to China and Iraq, document shows

FEMA appears to have missed a December goal to address concerns related to government devices being taken abroad without authorization.

Feb 26, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil