Lawmakers: OPM shouldn't be in charge of classified data

Two congressmen are campaigning to take classified data away from the Office of Personnel Management.

“In the wake of the recent data breaches at the OPM that compromised sensitive security clearance information for over 20 million Americans …. We strongly believe that security clearance data — which has been described as ‘crown jewels’ of our national intelligence — should not be protected by OPM, which is neither an intelligence agency nor a defense organization,” wrote Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Steve Russell, R-Okla.