The U.S. Social Security Administration will pay Accenture $2.8 billion to serve as main contractor for acquiring IT systems and modernization services. The scope of the contract underscores SSA’s increasing need for health information technology, officials say, as the data contained in electronic health records will enable disability claims and other entitlement program determinations.
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October 23, 2026 | ITBriefcase.net Why it matters: Tuesday, October 21 delivered one of the heaviest single-day security disclosures of the year: PHP2Shell, GitLab CVE-2026-110264, and Node.js security releases all shipped simultaneously, each carrying unauthenticated...
