Tag: Data Breach

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, gestures while speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 9, 2015. Boehner said he disagrees with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's inflammatory comments on immigration. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Boehner: Fire the OPM chief

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 10:32 pm

Watchdog catches OPM trying to snow its critics

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 1:22 am

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta looks on as she testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015, on the data security breach at the OPM. The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

OPM’s hack mitigation costs likely to soar

Nicole Duran · July 8, 2015 4:45 pm

National Security

Clinton: China ‘trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move’

Sarah Bedford · July 6, 2015 1:14 pm

In a joint statement, OPM, OMB, and DHS implied they had not been notified the hearing would be transcribed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After hacks, OPM turns to paper background checks

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 5:49 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta, left, and others, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on recent cyberattacks. From left are, Archuleta, OPM Inspector General Patrick E. McFarland, OPM Chief Information Officer Donna K. Seymour, Department of Homeland Security Computer Emergency Readiness Team Director Ann Barron-DiCamillo, KeyPoint Government Solutions Chief Executive Officer Eric A. Hess, and USIS Chief Information Officer Rob Giannetta. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

OPM sued over data breach by federal workers’ union

Nicole Duran · June 30, 2015 2:53 pm

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. JasonÂ Chaffetz is the chief author of the Remote Transactions Parity Act, which would force retailers to begin collecting sales taxes.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP letter: Fire top OPM officials

Nicole Duran · June 26, 2015 7:54 pm

President Obama "certainly feels responsible when it comes to making sure the sensitive data of federal government personnel is properly protected," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday. (AP Photo)Â

White House says Obama ‘feels responsible’ for protecting government data

Nicole Duran · June 25, 2015 8:22 pm

"In our opinion, the project management approach for this major infrastructure overhaul is entirely inadequate, and introduces a very high risk of project failure," the June 17 "flash audit" stated. (AP Photo)Â

Government watchdog has no confidence in OPM director

Nicole Duran · June 25, 2015 5:50 pm

OPM ‘not comfortable’ yet admitting 18 million had data stolen

Nicole Duran · June 24, 2015 3:53 pm

"We are analyzing right now with OMB and ... my CFO to determine ... what the request might look like, and I hope to be able to get back to you by the end of the week," OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

OPM hints it may need more money after data breach

Nicole Duran · June 24, 2015 2:59 pm

Katherine Archuleta, director of OPM, testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearings to review IT spending and date security at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal worker union demands lifetime credit monitoring after OPM hack

Nicole Duran · June 23, 2015 11:45 pm