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Heidi Burakiewicz, Partner, Mehri and Skalet

The letters sent to those affected by the Office of Personnel Management cyber breach contain a certain sentence that attempts to indemnify the government from ...

Federal News Network Staff

June 18, 2015 10:26 am

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The letters sent to those affected by the Office of Personnel Management cyber breach contain a certain sentence that attempts to indemnify the government from any liability surrounding the breach. But that sentence alone may not protect the government from someone who wants to sue it for damages. Federal employment attorney Heidi Burakiewicz, a partner at the law firm Mehri and Skalet, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with an insider’s look at how the 1974 Privacy Act could cover recent cyber attacks and let lawsuits fly.

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