Office of Personnel Management
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If you are a current or former fed, personal information about you like your name, birth date, Social Security number and, maybe, where you went to school could now be in the hands of hackers after a breach last week at the Office of Personnel Management.
June 08, 2015 -
The cyber attack against the Office of Personnel Management is part of a year long coordinated effort to steal federal employee and contractors\' personal data. The Homeland Security Department issued an alert in May detailing a series of attacks against government and industry. Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller explains why federal employees need to be more aware of targeted spear phishing attacks than ever before.
June 05, 2015 -
Current and former federal employees affected by the Office of Personnel Management\'s data breach will get a notification by email starting Monday. OPM says it\'s working with the Homeland Security Department\'s Computer Emergency Readiness Team to figure out what exactly happened and why. Bob Gourley, a former chief technology officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is now the co-founder of Cognitio. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what\'s next for federal agencies, and what questions you should be asking your cyber/IT leaders.
June 05, 2015 -
Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, and Ron Marks, senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, count down the week\'s top federal stories with Francis Rose.
June 05, 2015 -
Next week, the Office of Personnel Management will begin telling up to 4 million people that they are potential victims of a cyber breach. Hackers may have their names, Social Security Numbers, birthdates, job assignments, training files, performance ratings and current and former addresses. Here\'s what you can do if you\'re one of the 4 million.
June 05, 2015 -
Are you a current or former fed that may have been impacted by the data breach? Take our poll and tell us how worried you are about the safety of your personal information.
June 05, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management revealed Thursday that the personal information of 4 million current and former federal employees may have been compromised during an April cyber attack on its IT systems.
June 04, 2015 -
Richard Thissen, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, wrote to Office of Personnel Management director Katherine Archuleta that federal employees are still waiting for phased retirement at their agencies.
June 04, 2015 -
A memo from OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said a new working group will ensure agencies report comparable and reliable data about how they apply paid administrative leave. The memo comes after a GAO report found inaccuracies governmentwide.
June 01, 2015 -
Yvonne Jones, the Government Accountability Office\'s director of strategic issues, tells a Senate panel human capital management is critical to improving government\'s performance.
May 28, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration wraps up an industry day on their latest contracting opportunity. Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) is a human resources and training contract vehicle for all agencies. Requests for proposal will likely come from OPM and GSA by June 30. Brian Friel, a government contracts analyst with Bloomberg Government, is looking at HCaTs and the addition of two other contracts to BGOV\'s top 20 contracting opportunities. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what to expect.
May 28, 2015 -
Twenty-five agencies can now make special appointments to hire new digital services experts faster. The Office of Personnel Management says jobs are at General Schedule 11 to 15 levels for up to two years. It\'s similar to the pilot program OPM launched for the General Services Administration\'s 18-F program and Office of Management and Budget\'s Digital Services office last year. On In Depth with Francis Rose, John Salamone, vice president of FMP Consulting and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, says the authority is better late than never.
May 27, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management reminded feds that federal laws on marijuana use remain unchanged following the passage of a ballot initiative in the District of Columbia that took effect in February.
May 27, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget and the National Archives issued a set of requirements in 2012 for agencies to improve their electronic records management. A new Government Accountability Office report says most agencies are meeting those requirements, but some still have more work to do.
May 22, 2015 -
The latest in a long line of data-driven reviews will give agencies a chance to compare themselves internally and externally with similar federal programs. OMB created FedStat as a way to use the data from its back-office benchmarking effort.
May 20, 2015