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Security concerns – or politics, depending on your view – prompt subpoena for Healthcare.gov data

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan reports:

A U.S. House committee chairman, citing security concerns, today ordered a Healthcare.gov contractor to provide detailed information about its work on the project.

Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman, Tuesday issued a subpoena for Quality Software Services Inc.’s contract with the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to work on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) website.

The subpoena also orders QSSI to disclose how much it has been paid so far for its work on the project for the project, along with details about all Healthcare.gov-related internal communications and that between the company and workers at HHS and the White House.

Read more on Computerworld.

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