The Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data Center may have problems with employees searching for their own personnel files on the Joint Personnel Adjudication System, a serious security concern. “Notifications will be emailed to users who have violated JPAS policy by querying and/or looking up their own record within the last 30 days as a warning to the user,” according to a notice posted to agency employees. […]

The Situation Report has picked up on some disturbing reports that the Chinese may not have been alone when they hacked into the Office of Personnel Management’s network and made off with more than 21 million security clearance files. Also, attacks on FedRAMP are coming from four fronts. […]

Welcome to the first installment of The Situation Report, a weekly column by MeriTalk Executive Editor Dan Verton that takes an honest and discerning look at the programs, policies, and people behind government information technology. When does a call to service cross the line and become an exercise in groveling at the feet of a […]