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Lamar Smith Seeks OPM Response on Cyber Posture, Data Breaches

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dissent

See? This is why I get confused by our government. Why is the SCIENCE committee writing to OPM about its breaches? Is it just letter jealousy because every other committee has, too? I cannot think this is a good use of resources.

Scott Nicholas reports:

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has asked acting Office of Personnel Management chief Beth Cobert for documents and responses on inquiries related to OPM’s cybersecurity posture and causes of data breaches in the agency.

Smith said in that letter to Cobert sent Tuesday the Government Accountability Office has conducted a study that identified foreign cyber attacks as a most frequent threat to government computer systems that include OPM’s as a result of ineffective implementation of access controls.

Smith wants information on OPM’s staff capacity for oversight on contractor-operated information and information systems as well as the organization’s strategies to comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines.

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