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Senator Wants OPM IG To Continue Investigating Agency Data System Following Breach

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 6th, 2015

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Senator Wants OPM IG To Continue Investigating Agency Data System Following Breach

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on Monday sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) asking him to conduct another investigation of its data system that is used in investigating applicants for federal jobs following revelations a month ago that hackers had gained access to millions of records that agency has of current and former government employees.“On June 29, OPM promised to re-evaluate its Electronic Questionnaires for Investigative Processing (e-QIP) and has taken it offline…

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