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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) could not even protect the information of people with security clearances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Per

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) could not even protect the information of people with security clearances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management... Trey Gowdy's questioning of the people in charge of the OPM is a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-zEGjxuAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-zEGjxuAA

pstuart 7y ago
The GOP is anti-government and spares no chance to demonstrate that. That doesn't forgive the failure, but instead of saying "let's fix it then", the answer is always: private enterprise!
- blotter_paper 7y ago
  Uhm, no. I'm anti-government; the GOP likes having the government erect monuments to their favored religion, spy on every US citizen, invade other governments to prop up the petrodollar, make it difficult for people to get abortions, etc. The American left and right both support government invading different facets our private lives to varying degrees. Neither are anarchists, or anything close to it.
- tomohawk 7y ago
  Other than Trey Gowdy being a member of the GOP, not sure what you're criticizing here. His line of questioning was not partisan, and got to the heart of the matter - their lack of competence and ability to follow regulations and/or written contracts. The OPM had a serious data breach, and demonstrated a marked lack of ability to do their job. To date, they have not been held accountable, unless you count the stern questioning. What remedy would you prescribe to fix OPM? How would you hold them accountable?
  - pstuart 7y ago
    The NSA ostensibly provides "cybersecurity" support and services -- they should be partners in securing government infrastructure. Maybe they were with OMB (but clearly not enough). Accountability is good and should happen. Thus far we've seen very little accountability for data breaches in the private sector, so they're not alone. I don't know the answer as to how to make accountability really work in general -- because it becomes game theory of how to create that space without becoming paralyzed by fear to act.

pstuart 7y ago

The GOP is anti-government and spares no chance to demonstrate that. That doesn't forgive the failure, but instead of saying "let's fix it then", the answer is always: private enterprise!

blotter_paper 7y ago
Uhm, no. I'm anti-government; the GOP likes having the government erect monuments to their favored religion, spy on every US citizen, invade other governments to prop up the petrodollar, make it difficult for people to get abortions, etc. The American left and right both support government invading different facets our private lives to varying degrees. Neither are anarchists, or anything close to it.
tomohawk 7y ago
Other than Trey Gowdy being a member of the GOP, not sure what you're criticizing here. His line of questioning was not partisan, and got to the heart of the matter - their lack of competence and ability to follow regulations and/or written contracts. The OPM had a serious data breach, and demonstrated a marked lack of ability to do their job. To date, they have not been held accountable, unless you count the stern questioning. What remedy would you prescribe to fix OPM? How would you hold them accountable?
- pstuart 7y ago
  The NSA ostensibly provides "cybersecurity" support and services -- they should be partners in securing government infrastructure. Maybe they were with OMB (but clearly not enough). Accountability is good and should happen. Thus far we've seen very little accountability for data breaches in the private sector, so they're not alone. I don't know the answer as to how to make accountability really work in general -- because it becomes game theory of how to create that space without becoming paralyzed by fear to act.