Palantir Gets Initial $3.9M Contract to Surveil Federal Workers Across USDA, VA, and SSA

r/singularity / The American Prospect·medium signal

The American Prospect reports Palantir received a $3.9M contract (expandable to $13.3M) with the USDA to 'design, configure, deploy and manage a secure tool to track employees' return to the office.' The VA is implementing similar monitoring across 311 locations, and SSA is conducting comparable surveillance. The program tracks badge-ins/outs and occupancy under the USE IT Act's 60% utilization requirement — union officials warn low numbers from recent mass layoffs could justify office closures.