People

NTEU elects new president

Tony Reardon will replace Colleen Kelley at the 150,000-member union.

Acquisition

OPM wants to know who can manage electronic records

The current contract expires Aug. 23, and OPM anticipates issuing an official request for proposals and making an award between Aug. 11 and Aug. 23.

People

IG, House chairman lambast OPM's CIO

Lawmakers take aim, an inspector general claims wrongdoing, an agency offers a vaguely worded defense. Is another leadership change in the works at the Office of Personnel Management?

Acquisition

OPM breach notifications, round two

New contracting papers show the feds are trying to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first round of OPM breach notifications.

Acquisition

OMB developing cyber guidance for contractors

New guidelines will be aimed at bolstering contractor cybersecurity in the wake of breaches that originated with vendors.

Cybersecurity

CRS scrutinizes the OPM breach

A new report serves as a useful backgrounder for anyone looking for a quick yet detailed review of the circumstances surrounding the breach.

Cybersecurity

Collins, Warner look to give DHS more power to police federal networks

In the wake of the OPM hack, a bipartisan group of senators wants Homeland Security to take the lead on protecting the dot-gov domain.

Cybersecurity

Where's the new cyber strategy?

A week after the end of the federal "sprint," OMB is working past its own deadline on the Federal Civilian Cybersecurity Strategy.

People

Agencies caught off guard by OPM’s pay-to-play credit monitoring

OPM is passing along the cost of post-breach credit monitoring to other federal agencies, but some are wondering how it will all work.

Cybersecurity

It didn't start (and doesn't end) with OPM

The lax security that made OPM an easy target permeates government, says ICIT study.

Cybersecurity

OPM's shift in security posture raises labor law questions

OPM did not give unions a chance to bargain over the cutting off of social media and personal email accounts.

People

What Cobert brings to OPM

OMB's deputy director of management is being dispatched to deal with a troubled agency -- again.

Cybersecurity

Should the clearance system be taken away from OPM?

Two lawmakers want to find a new home for the security clearance database that was breached.

People

Archuleta out at OPM

Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Beth Cobert will step in as acting director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Cybersecurity

Sweating the stolen data

Millions of background-check records were compromised, OPM now says. Here's the jaw-dropping range of personal data that was exposed.

Cybersecurity

OPM director refuses to resign amid new hack revelations

Officials detailed the timing of the two breaches and confirmed that they were executed by the same "actor."

Cybersecurity

OPM: 21.5M impacted by background-check breach

Agency details results of an "interagency forensic investigation," plans for assisting affected individuals.