No other choice but for OPM Director Archuleta to resign
Tom Temin Dog trainers like to say there are no bad dogs, only bad owners. I know. We have a now-elderly greyhound. She rules the roost, mostly. But because of her mild personality, she’s never out of...
View ArticleNothing good ever happens after midnight: The Curse of the Lame Duck!
Did your mother/father ever warn you that nothing-good-ever- happens-after midnight? Or maybe the witching hour was 11 p.m. Or even 10 o’clock? The exact hour when things go bad probably depended on...
View ArticleChorus of lawmakers calling for OPM’s Archuleta to resign grows louder
Pressure is mounting for Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta to resign. A growing number of lawmakers say it’s time for new leadership at OPM in the wake of a massive data...
View ArticleHeidi Burakiewicz, Partner, Mehri and Skalet
The letters sent to those affected by the Office of Personnel Management cyber breach contain a certain sentence that attempts to indemnify the government from any liability surrounding the breach. But...
View ArticleOPM’s lack of transparency on cyber breach leaves feds frustrated, ill informed
No matter if they’re old, young, active or retired, federal employees are not satisfied with the amount of information they’re getting from the Office of Personnel Management and their own agencies...
View Article‘Good’ news about the OPM breach
So what, if any, is the good news coming out of the Great Hack Job of 2015. Can there be any? The short answer is, yes, some, a little. But first this: At this point in time, we still don’t know what...
View ArticleOPM data breach starkly reminds CIOs to tighten up cyber
“There but for the grace of God go I.” Every federal chief information officer could have said that adage Tuesday as House lawmakers grilled Donna Seymour about the cyber breach sustained by the Office...
View ArticleOPM reveals new details about data-breach victims
The Office of Personnel Management says victims of a massive data breach include current and former federal employees whose records were sent by their organizations to OPM for future retirement...
View ArticleSen. Warner, AFGE demand more answers about OPM’s contract for credit...
The Office of Personnel Management’s contract for credit monitoring services is coming under further scrutiny. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) joins in the questioning of how OPM made the decision to award a...
View ArticleMartin Libicki, Senior Management Scientist, RAND Corporation
Agencies now have 30 days to sprint to new cybersecurity standards after multiple data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. But some chief information security officers say they are more...
View ArticleTom Shoop, Editor in Chief, Government Executive
President Barack Obama wants to spend his last 18 months in office turning government technology on its head. Obama says government’s procurement systems are broken, but he believes organizations like...
View ArticleOff with her head! Or not
Washington is a city full of people with strong opinions. Some of the beliefs are genuinely held. Others are for rent. Any D.C. lobbyist worth his (her) salt can argue effectively that the bald eagle...
View ArticleDear (your name), you may be toast
During World War II, lots of GIs got “Dear John Letters” from their back home sweethearts. At least in the movies. Later, when dumped by a boyfriend, women were urged to see the 2009 masterpiece “He’s...
View ArticleShould OPM Director Katherine Archuleta resign over data breach?
By Jory Heckman Federal News Radio The poll in this story is no longer available. Members of Congress from both parties, as well as Federal Drive host Tom Temin, have called for OPM Director Katherine...
View ArticleSen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
The Office of Personnel Management’s contract for credit monitoring services has come under scrutiny lately. OPM closed the bidding process after only 36 hours, which led several procurement experts to...
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