7 questions the Senate should ask OPM pick Beth Cobert
Beth Cobert has not testified before Congress since becoming acting director of OPM in July. From the data breaches to workforce issues, senators have plenty of...
1. How will OPM ensure a data breach like the ones on the agency’s personnel and background investigation databases never happen again?
Credit for that question goes to Evan Lesser, managing director of ClearanceJobs, who noted that the impact of the breaches will likely be felt for decades to come. There’s no taking back information once exposed.
But Don Kettl, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, added another layer to the query.
“Underlying these questions is how OPM will manage the contractors it uses in the security clearance process, and how responsibility for clearances will be managed throughout the federal government. The Pentagon has made no secret of its unhappiness with OPM’s management of the clearance and data security issues,” he said.
Indeed, an interagency task force has reviewed the clearance process for the White House. It has not made details public yet.
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