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Jan 25 16 10:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration asked the Pentagon on Friday to help overhaul the federal security clearance system, aiming to turn the page on a devastating data breach that exposed a major vulnerability for U.S. national security. A new government office, called the National Background Investigations Bureau, will take over the job of running background checks on all federal employees, contractors and others. But the Defense Department will design, build and operate the computer system that houses and processes people’s personal information, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and other officials said. The White House’s handover of the sensitive cybersecurity role to the military was a significant demerit against the Office of Personnel Management, the agency at the center of last year’s scandal over one of the worst government data breaches known to the public. Tellingly, the White House said that while the new bureau would be part of OPM, the president would be appointing its director. The overhaul comes in response to a data breach last year that U.S. officials have warned could help give China a major advantage in recruiting informants inside the U.S. government or identify American spies abroad. U.S. officials believe a Chinese espionage operation infiltrated OPM’s records accessing information on 21.5 million current and former employment or job applicants. Fingerprint images belonging to some 5.6 million people were stolen.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration asked the Pentagon on Friday to help overhaul the federal security clearance system, aiming to turn the page on a devastating data breach that exposed a major vulnerability for U.S. national security.
A new government office, called the National Background Investigations Bureau, will take over the job of running background checks on all federal employees, contractors and others. But the Defense Department will design, build and operate the computer system that houses and processes people’s personal information, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and other officials said.
The White House’s handover of the sensitive cybersecurity role to the military was a significant demerit against the Office of Personnel Management, the agency at the center of last year’s scandal over one of the worst government data breaches known to the public. Tellingly, the White House said that while the new bureau would be part of OPM, the president would be appointing its director.
The overhaul comes in response to a data breach last year that U.S. officials have warned could help give China a major advantage in recruiting informants inside the U.S. government or identify American spies abroad. U.S. officials believe a Chinese espionage operation infiltrated OPM’s records accessing information on 21.5 million current and former employment or job applicants. Fingerprint images belonging to some 5.6 million people were stolen.
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