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Commentary: Can federal agencies have a second chance? Federal Drive host Tom Temin says serious failures are often rewarded with big budget increases, but reputation is harder to recover.
June 10, 2015 -
Over the next couple of weeks, millions of current, former and retired federal workers will be waiting to hear what, if anything, the super cyber attack may mean to them, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
June 10, 2015 -
Hackers attempted to steal federal employees\' personal information nine times within the past year. The Office of Personnel Management said it found out about the most recent cyber attack back in April. OPM is starting to tell employees if they\'ve been affected and what they can do to protect their information. Dan Blair, president of the National Academy of Public Administration and former deputy director at OPM, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why hackers are after more than just your identity.
June 09, 2015 -
The vast majority of respondents to our Federal News Radio poll - 82 percent - said they were \"very worried\" about the breach and that if they were affected, they planned to take advantage of the credit monitoring services being offered by OPM.
June 09, 2015 -
Last week\'s disclosure of a massive data breach at the Office of Personnel Management has officials in Washington reeling. We know the outlines of the episode: Up to 4 million federal employees, current and retired, could be affected. The theft occurred in December but wasn\'t reported until last week. Cybersecurity expert Rodney Joffe, a senior vice president and fellow at Neustar, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to offer a long-term perspective. He says the nature of the data taken means some people will have to worry for the rest of their lives.
June 09, 2015 -
A new study from the National Academies suggests a new and different future for the State Department — one in which science and technology are infused into diplomacy and statecraft. The authors say several rival nations are ahead of the United States when it comes to merging these disciplines. Tom Pickering, former under secretary of State and one of the co-chairs of the Committee on Science and Technology Capabilities at the State Department joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report he co-authored.
June 09, 2015 -
A new memo from federal chief information officer Tony Scott gives agencies 19 months to move all Internet-facing sites and Web services to the HTTPS standard.
June 09, 2015 -
All in all, data on about 4 million workers, former workers and retirees, was scooped up by hackers believed to be working for the Chinese government or military, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
June 09, 2015
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