Palantir Secures $3.9 Million USDA Contract to Monitor Federal Employee Office Attendance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Palantir Technologies a $3.9 million contract to track federal employees returning to the office.

The agreement commenced on May 1.

The contract value could reach $13.3 million over the next fiscal year.

Palantir will design, deploy, and manage a secure tool to monitor office attendance under federal return-to-office mandates.

The system supports a broader initiative to verify employee presence digitally.

Critics raise concerns that the digital tracking increases workplace surveillance within federal agencies.