NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips.
https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-theft-chip-cards-trump-rule?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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