A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were likely unlawful…
Cybersecurity Fiasco: Interior Department Computers Trying to Talk to Russia…
Three years after Chinese hackers stole security clearance files and other sensitive personal information of some 22 million U.S. federal employees, cyber-defenses at the Department of Interior, which hosted White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) servers targeted in the theft, were still unable to detect “some of the most basic threats” inside Interior’s computer […]
REPORT: 78 Obama Appointees ‘Burrowed’ into Career Jobs…
A government watchdog found that 78 political appointees of President Obama managed to “burrow” into career government jobs over a six-year period. A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Washington Times on Wednesday shows that seven of Mr. Obama’s political appointees switched to career jobs without obtaining necessary approval from the Office of Personnel […]
REPORT: The OPM Data Breach–How the Government Jeopardized Our National Security of More than a Generation…
OPM Hacking Report Says Agency Missed One Set Of Attacks, Spent Little On Cybersecurity…
The twice-hacked Office of Personnel Management has had little to offer but promises of “taking security seriously” and free identity theft protection for the thousands of government employees whose…