our Government Systems are so out dated and patched,no wonder things are hacked to bits. When our Navy has Microsoft renew Windows 98 support for nine million per year,we have issues. Top this off is the usual appointment of a Political Adviser to head this Department. You can keep the lid on the can just so long and then the can leaks from lack of effort.

The debacle has touched off a scramble by federal officials to bolster the security of their networks. Tony Scott, the government’s chief information officer, said every agency was racing to make improvements, including the use of basic tools like two-factor authentication that requires anyone with the password to a system to use a second, one-time password to log in from an unrecognized computer.

“This is important work across all of the agencies of the federal government to make sure that we greatly enhance the cybersecurity profile of the U.S. government as a whole,” Mr. Scott said.

But that effort comes after almost two decades of warnings from government auditors and other internal investigations into the vulnerabilities in federal agency networks. “There’s still much that agencies need to do that they are not doing to protect their systems,” said Gregory C. Wilshusen, the director of information security issues at the Government Accountability Office, which has conducted cyber audits for almost two decades.

Warnings from auditors about serious vulnerabilities are often ignored by agency officials, he added. “That’s been a recurring theme. They believe they’ve taken corrective actions, but when one goes back to check, we find that they haven’t.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/office-of-personnel-management-hackers-got-data-of-millions.html

resign? Was there a hefty budget line item for upgrades and she didn't implement the upgrades? Or was nothing done for other reasons and she just happened to be the poor asshole who was the boss when the shit finally hit the fan?

The 'poor asshole' in charge takes responsibility.

This issue definitely predates her, but she's been there for over 2 years now and obviously nothing has been done. We need someone in there who takes this shit seriously.

compromised by outside interests. Like you said,this has been a ticking time bomb for quite some time,and with Boner and his bunch of numnuts holding the purse strings,you knew something had to give. Obama did it,yah right,had a retired friend recalled by one of the Security Agencies to fix some data due to the fact there was not anyone who knew that system. Then he passed away just two days after completing the job. So much for his retirement. And we wonder what the hell really goes on.