San Hill Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 As a response to this month's theft of million's of US Veteran's personal information:From Military.com:Rep. John Salazar (Colo.) has introduced Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 5455). This measure will require the VA to provide one year of free credit monitoring and a free annual credit report for the next two years to veterans who are affected by this security breach. The measure also seeks to authorize $1.25 billion to implement the program for the first year.Original article (with links to contact your public officials):http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/0,12914,98702,00.htmlOn a personal note, I'm not sure (yet) how I feel about the act. I'm all for Vets (including myself) getting this benefit, but I'm not necessarily for the CRA's milking the government for billion/s of dollars due to V.A. incompetency. The CRA's should (but most likely wouldn't) offer this service at a DEEP discount to the government considering who the benefactors are. But once again, if anything they will most likely inflate the cost for Uncle Sam. Once again, I'd like to get more facts before defending or opposing this.San Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Hill Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Veterans can now get 6 months of "free" fraud protection (well, they charge $4.95 to verify your ID...which is BS IMHO). Well, it's better than nothing.You can get it here:http://fraudprotect.com/If anyone knows of a way to get it without the charge, post it.San Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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