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Another Day, Another Laptop Theft

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Attention federal employees: Please secure your laptops. In today's theft news, MSNBC reports that an IRS employee's laptop with personal information on almost 300 agency employees and job applicants--including fingerprints, names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth--has gone missing. The computer, which didn't contain any taxpayer data, was lost during a plane flight.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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