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The UK Parliament's Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warned that Palantir's potential for 'enshittification' poses an 'unacceptable' risk to government services. The committee highlighted Palantir's NHS contract to build a Federated Data Platform for patient data, with Medconfidential warning the company could become impossible to migrate away from.
Three senior DHS officials who survived Kristi Noem's firing are under scrutiny for contracting practices. The IG is auditing $9 billion in less-than-competitive bids and a $38 billion warehouse-to-jail scheme. Officials may sell assets acquired under Noem.
ICE provided the first batch of documents in response to 404 Media's lawsuit over its $2 million contract with spyware company Paragon, but the documents are heavily redacted. ICE found 673 potentially responsive pages and provided 77 pages, with more to come. The documents include a redacted pricing narrative and suggest Paragon may be used to enforce immigration and customs laws.
Viasat won a contract from Lockheed Martin to supply satellite communications for NOAA's hurricane hunter aircraft. Lockheed is providing two modified C130J planes for the program, expected to enter service in the future.