Federal CIO Tony Scott believes the accelerated security review of federal IT systems over the past month may reveal more intrusions as the government works to strengthen and update cybersecurity measures, The
MoreReps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Steve Russell (R-Okla.) plan to introduce a bill to transfer stewardship of federal security clearance records from the Office of Personnel Management to another agency. The two
MoreThe Office of Personnel Management‘s impact assessment on the recent hacking of its records systems found that 22.1 million federal employees and contractors had their personal information compromised, ABC News reported Thursday.
MoreThe U.S. Interior Department has ordered its employees to use a smart card and password when they log into the department’s computer network as part of an effort to strengthen cybersecurity, Nextgov
MoreThe National Treasury Employees Union has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Office of Personnel Management for the recent hacking of federal employees’ private information, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
MoreThe Office of Personnel Management has shut down its web portal for background investigations of federal employees and contractors after the agency found a system vulnerability, the Washington Post reported Friday. Lisa
MoreThe Federal-Postal Coalition has called on President Barack Obama to form a dedicated information technology task force to handle the investigation on the data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management, Government
MoreFederal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott has given his support for cybersecurity plans put in place by Katherine Archuleta and Donna Seymour at the Office of Personnel Management in an interview with Federal News Radio posted Friday. Jason
MoreDirector of National Intelligence James Clapper has identified the Chinese government as the leading suspect in the recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
MoreAdm. Michael Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has declined to identify the perpetrator of the recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management, Breaking Defense reported
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