Tag: OPM

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta greets Senator James Lankford, R-OK, at a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015. Archuleta testifiee 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)

Federal workers want in on new overtime rules

Nicole Duran · July 7, 2015 4:17 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015, on the data security breach. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Feds expected to reveal more data on who was hacked this week

Nicole Duran · July 7, 2015 3:37 pm

Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer Tony Scott, left, looks over papers with Assistant Secretary of Office of Cybersecurity and Communications National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security Andy Ozment, Ph.D, right, before the start of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP senators face funding fight over security efforts

Charlie Mitchell · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

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

Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, Patrick McFarland, inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management, Donna Seymour, CIO of the Office of Personnel Management, Ann Barron-DiCamillo, director of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Eric Hess, CEO of KeyPoint Government Solutions, and Rob Giannetta, CIO of US Investigations Services, appear before during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill June 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the recent data breach at the Office of Personnel Management. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Data hack reveals OPM’s long, terrible history with government contractors

Nicole Duran · July 1, 2015 4:40 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

(Courtesy of screengrab on opm.gov)

OPM shuts down background check system for ‘security enhancements’

Nicole Duran · June 29, 2015 9:22 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