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Lawmakers look to strip OPM after hack. It might be a little too late for this, but there's the making of a bipartisian movement in Congress to strip the Office of Personnel Management of its control over security clearances. "OPM was never designed to deal with national security," Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.), the co-author of an upcoming bill to move the security clearance database away from the OPM, tells the Hill. One possible candidate is the Defense Department which housed the database until 2004. A separate bill will push for greater oversight.
MORE QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT OPM HACK: Now that former OPM Director Katherine Archuleta has resigned, lawmakers and executive branch officials are starting to grapple with the long-term consequences of the theft of personal information for more than 21 million people from OPM networks. The unprecedented data breach could produce decades of intelligence problems for the United States, perhaps not ending until the people whose data was stolen "age off," FedScoop reported. Experts are also starting to scrutinize the security failures that allowed the hack to take place.
Lawmakers are debating whether to strip the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of its control over security clearances after hackers made off with nearly 20 million background check forms housed at the agency.
Reps. Ted Lieu (above) and Steve Russell plan to introduce legislation that would take oversight of the security clearance system away from OPM.
A pair of congressmen want to take stewardship of files on government and contractor employees with security clearances away from the Office of Personnel Management, in light of the hacks that resulted in the breach of data on more than 22 million people.
A long-awaited meeting to discuss Santa Monica Airport was held Wednesday in Washington, D.C. between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and local elected officials and residents.
Congressman Ted Lieu (33rd District) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (37th District) hosted the meeting between their constituents and senior FAA officials.
This meeting followed an invitation to meet, which was made at the March 24 Santa Monica City Council meeting.
California congressman proposes classifying so-called conversion therapy as fraud
Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn killed herself late last year, blaming her parents for forcing her to attend conversion therapy.
Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | CA-33) launched his first ever Congressional photo contest inviting constituents of California's 33rd District to submit photos of their favorite places located in the District. Photos can be submitted through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by tagging @RepTedLieu and using the hashtag #MyCA33. Photos will be selected from each city/neighborhood in the District and will be featured/credited on the Congressman's website and social media pages.
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Los Angeles - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles) issued the following statement following the news that OPM Director Katherine Archuleta has resigned.
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.) on Thursday became the highest-ranking Democrat to call for the resignation of the agency head at the center of one what's thought to be the largest government hack ever.
Minutes after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed that the personal data of 22.1 million people — more than 5 times the initial estimate — had been exposed by two separate hacks at the agency, Warner called for the agency's chief, Katherine Archuleta, to resign.
He is the first Senate Democrat to do so.
SANTA MONICA—Nearly two dozen Santa Monica city officials, activists and residents met with members of the FAA in Washington D.C. earlier this week to advocate for the closure of the Santa Monica Airport.
According to Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown, the airport fails to meet minimum safety requirements and pollutes the local environment.