U.S. Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour has announced her resignation via an email to her colleagues, Reuters reported Monday (Feb. 22). In the email message, which was seen by Reuters, Seymour described her departure as a “very tough decision,” adding that...
As the investigation into the massive data breach that rocked the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rolls on, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for additional documentation relating to last year’s cybersecurity disaster. In a statement released by the House Oversight...
A secret audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which released a public version of its findings last week, found that a federal security system worth nearly $6 billion is not doing its job of blocking hackers from accessing agency computers, Re/code reported Monday (Feb....
Could a recent investigation prove the OPM data breach was not state-sponsored after all, or is it just a move by the Chinese government to proclaim their innocence? In other news, U.S. lawmakers are questioning the safety of VTech users’ data, as children and parents who use its...
February 26, 2025
Federal government agencies should focus on the “maximum elimination” of functions that are not statutorily mandated, while enabling high-quality, efficient delivery of those are that statutorily mandated, according to a memorandum issued Wednesday (Feb. 26) to help agencies implement President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative. The memo was issued by the directors of the Office […]
February 23, 2016
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour has announced her resignation via an email to her colleagues, Reuters reported Monday (Feb. 22). In the email message, which...
February 05, 2016
As the investigation into the massive data breach that rocked the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rolls on, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for...
February 02, 2016
A secret audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which released a public version of its findings last week, found that a federal security system worth nearly $6 billion is...