OPM merger plan continues to draw IT questions from Democrats
Reps. Elijah Cummings and Gerry Connolly want more info on how the proposal would aid OPM's tech troubles, among other things.
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PMA’s plans to modernize IT, workforce rebuffed by House Democrats
The White House’s plan to transform the government’s IT infrastructure, workforce and data management is facing a familiar foe: entrenched partisanship.
OPM hearing devolves into shouting match about cybersecurity
During Thursday’s hearing, lawmakers displayed what appeared to be a basic misunderstanding of federal cybersecurity, encryption technologies and rudimentary facts concerning the actual 2014 OPM breach incident.
Office of Personnel Management CIO Donna Seymour retires
Donna Seymour, who served as chief information officer of the Office of Personnel Management during a series of catastrophic breaches on federal personnel and background check records…
Cummings queries KeyPoint on December breach
After a December data breach of contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc. that may have compromised the personal information of nearly 50,000 federal employees, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.,…
Employee data potentially compromised in USPS systems breach
(Credit: Emma Whitehead/FedScoop) Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 11, to reflect an added comment from the Senate Homeland Security and…
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Todd Park could be subpoenaed to testify on Healthcare.gov breach
U.S. CTO Todd Park (File photo: Institute of Medicine) He may not be the U.S. chief technology officer anymore, but Todd Park, the technology lead under President…
House Oversight Committee introduces FISMA update
The leadership of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced amendments to the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 on Thursday. Called the Federal Information…
On the Hill: Johnson Apologizes for GSA Spending
Former General Services Administration Administrator Martha Johnson personally apologized to Congress for the exorbitant Las Vegas conference, saying she will “mourn for the rest of my life…