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Treasury Inspector General Slams IRS for Lack of Strategy Following 2015 Data Breach – JD Supra (press release)

Treasury Inspector General Slams IRS for Lack of Strategy Following 2015 Data Breach
JD Supra (press release)
In a scathing report published on March 27, 2017, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration blasted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) following its analysis of the IRS' steps following a data breach in 2015 that resulted in the theft of

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Secret Service IT security lambasted by Homeland Security inspector general

For now, the US Secret Service has no reasonable assurance that its information systems are properly secured to protect Law Enforcement Sensitive case management information.

That was but one of the conclusions laid at the feet of the US Secret Service today by the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General, John Roth in a scathing report on the agency tasked with protecting the President and other important government officials.

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Inspector General Issues Harsh Report on FEC Computer Security – Roll Call (blog)

Inspector General Issues Harsh Report on FEC Computer Security
Roll Call (blog)
A federal Inspector General has released a harsh assessment of an agency that has repeatedly failed to improve computer security even after suffering a hacking attack. The Inspector General of the Federal Election Commission has issued an independent 

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U.S. Reps: Investigate Cook County Security System – CBS 2 Chicago

Two Chicago area Congressmen have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to investigate reports that Cook County officials mismanaged taxpayer funds in launching a police emergency surveillance system. Project Shield is a …

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