In hopes of speeding the return of its stolen desktop computer laden with personal data on some 38,000 veterans, Unisys Corp. says that it is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to its recovery. The computer contains data on veterans who used the VA medical centers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.

