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It's Wednesday. Do You Know Where Your Laptop Is?

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In today's laptop theft news, the Transportation Department inspector general's office reports that a computer containing "personally identifiable information of some Florida residents" was taken from a government vehicle in Miami.

By the way, VA Secretary James Nicholson's job appears to be safe for now, despite yesterday's call from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for Nicholson to quit in the wake of revelations of yet another VA data theft. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Larry Craig, R-Idaho, issued a statement today saying that unless Nicholson walks off with a VA laptop himself, he shouldn't be forced out. "A computer was stolen from a private contractor's highly secured office building," Craig said. "I am fairly confident that Jim Nicholson did not break in and steal that computer. A criminal did."

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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