Office of Personnel Management
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Commentary: Embarrassment agency suffered from undetected hacks multiplies with its botched response.
June 15, 2015 -
OPM gives agencies a stock email to send out offering few new details of a second data breach impacting background investigations.
June 15, 2015 -
The government is betting that personal coaches can help boost federal employees\' sagging morale and even make agencies more productive. The Office of Personnel Management has compiled a governmentwide database of certified coaches who can be deployed to help any federal employee at any agency.
June 15, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management has launched a government-wide database of coaches. These are federal employees who have received their own training to coach others to reach their goals. Steve Shih, the deputy associate director of OPM in charge of senior executive services and performance management, joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to talk about the motivations behind this coaching program.
June 15, 2015 -
It now appears as if the Office of Personnel Management was hit with two major data thefts. One affected not 4 million current and former federal employees, as OPM first believed, but more like 14 million. The second theft took highly sensitive information about millions of people with security clearance, data from the so-called SF 86 forms. Cyber Expert Rodney Joffe, vice president and fellow at Neustar, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain what this means if you are cleared, as well as for the agencies using cleared peopl
June 15, 2015 -
With all the focus on the OPM cyber breach, let\'s not overlook the simple fact that despite what some would call urgent and compelling needs, the government has rules and regulations that still need to be followed.
June 15, 2015 -
The Maryland Democrat hosts his third town hall with federal employees since March answering questions on a series of hot-button issues.
June 15, 2015 -
Federal CIO Tony Scott announced on Friday agencies have 30 days to report back to OMB and DHS on how they are addressing four specific areas of cybersecurity. OMB also is leading a broader effort to create a new Federal Civilian Cybersecurity Strategy.
June 15, 2015 -
If it\'s really true that misery loves company, current and former members of the federal family must be jumping with joy, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
June 15, 2015 -
Hackers linked to China appear to have gained access to the sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, several U.S. officials said Friday, describing a second cyberbreach of federal records that could dramatically compound the potential damage.
June 12, 2015 -
As many as 14 million current and former civilian employees may have had their personal information exposed to hackers, two sources told the Associated Press, a far higher figure than the 4 million the Obama administration initially disclosed.
June 12, 2015 -
The OPM data breach that has affected millions of current and former federal employees wasn\'t about acquiring bank records or credit card information. Instead, signs point to cyber-espionage. They also reveal a need for agencies to improve their overall cybersecurity and teach employees how to protect themselves. Dan Waddell, director of government affairs at (ISC)2 joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to discuss the magnitude of the breach.
June 12, 2015 -
J. David Cox, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the Office of Personnel Management needs to provide more detailed information about the recent cyber breach.
June 11, 2015 -
The White House tells agencies they\'ll have more tools to detect cyber threats on their networks. The Homeland Security Department wants to install Einstein 3A software at 52 agencies by the end of 2016. That\'s two years ahead of schedule. The Office of Personnel Management is still trying to figure out how hackers got a hold of personal information for about four million current and former federal employees. Dave Wennergren is the vice president of technology at the Professional Services Council, and former assistant deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that cybersecurity is the biggest priority and challenge for agency CIOs.
June 11, 2015 -
Are current and former feds satisfied with the information they are receiving from the government about the data breach at OPM? Take our brief, anonymous survey and let us know your thoughts.
June 11, 2015