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Freddie Stubbs

(29,853 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:41 PM Jul 2015

Katherine Archuleta, Director of Office of Personnel Management, Resigns

Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, will resign effective Friday, according to a White House official, one day after it was revealed that sweeping cyberintrusions at the agency resulted in the theft of the personal information of more than 25 million people.

Ms. Archuleta went to the White House on Friday morning to personally inform Mr. Obama of her decision, saying that she felt new leadership was needed at the federal personnel agency to enable it to “move beyond the current challenges,” the official said. The president accepted her resignation.

Beth Cobert, the deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget, will step in to temporarily replace Ms. Archuleta while a permanent replacement is found.

Ms. Archuleta, who assumed her post in November 2013, had been under pressure to resign since last month, when she announced the first of two separate but related computer intrusions that compromised the personal information of 4.2 million current and former federal workers, including Social Security numbers, addresses, health and financial histories and other private details.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/us/katherine-archuleta-director-of-office-of-personnel-management-resigns.html

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Katherine Archuleta, Director of Office of Personnel Management, Resigns (Original Post) Freddie Stubbs Jul 2015 OP

Probably for the better. BlueEye Jul 2015 #1

She had been refusing to step down. I bet she got a phone call fro the President; 7962 Jul 2015 #2

As one whose data was breeched, Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #3

They got me too (most of my company, actually). Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #8

A couple of weeks ago someone called my husband's phone Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #9

Vicki is pronounced Wicky by several foreign language speakers. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #10

Archuleta? Any relation to David? KamaAina Jul 2015 #4

Good riddance Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #5

It had to be done. She was the equivalent of the captain of a ship that sank. TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #6

The President should have asked for her resignation a long time ago. OrwellwasRight Jul 2015 #7

BTW, why was the CDC director never fired for his awful handling of ebola in this country? TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #11

BlueEye

(449 posts)

1. Probably for the better.

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jul 2015

We need government to work, and for that to happen, there has to be accountability.

7962

(11,841 posts)

2. She had been refusing to step down. I bet she got a phone call fro the President;

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:52 PM

Jul 2015

"Its time for you to GO"

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

3. As one whose data was breeched,

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:55 PM

Jul 2015

I'd like to say, "Don't let the door hit ya."

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

8. They got me too (most of my company, actually).

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 02:06 PM

Jul 2015

I'm not worried though. Maybe I'm naïve, ignorant, stupid, or just plain bat-shit, but I'm really not that worried.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

9. A couple of weeks ago someone called my husband's phone

Reply to Elmer S. E. Dump (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 02:10 PM

Jul 2015

(he is my emergency contact) and in a very Asian accent asked if he was "Mr. Wicky." My first name is Vicki. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

10. Vicki is pronounced Wicky by several foreign language speakers.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 03:00 PM

Jul 2015

But, people can get your name pretty easily, compared to your SSN. At least lets hope so.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Archuleta? Any relation to David?

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:57 PM

Jul 2015

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)

5. Good riddance

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:01 PM

Jul 2015

In Japan, there would be no question that a failure of this magnitude would require ritual suicide.

This is the single biggest national security breach ever in the history of mankind. People still don't get how deep and profound the consequences of the compromise of this data set are. This is every ugly detail of the lives of everyone with a security clearance, including financial problems and past drug use, along with all the closest associations of all these people.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

6. It had to be done. She was the equivalent of the captain of a ship that sank.

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:17 PM

Jul 2015

You can't have a screw-up of this magnitude on your watch and expect to keep your job, even if it wasn't your own personal doing.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)

7. The President should have asked for her resignation a long time ago.

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:23 PM

Jul 2015

Sorry to anyone who thinks that is harsh, but I am one of the affected persons. Not only is my SSN out there, but my entire living and work history. Literally every single place I have lived and job I have had since the age of 18. Also, my mother's maiden name -- the alleged "security" check that credit card companies use to verify that I am me before going ahead and doing whatever you request them to do. This is bogus. There is so much info out there on me that I should just resign myself to having my life savings stolen from my credit union and living in a cardboard box for the rest of my life once my home is sold out from under me by someone who gets a copy of the deed. A$$holes.

OrwellisAngry.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

11. BTW, why was the CDC director never fired for his awful handling of ebola in this country?

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:16 AM

Jul 2015

The CDC put out piss-poor isolation and protective-gear guidelines and didn't have a rapid-response crew in place to assist and train local healthcare workers. That was a massive failure. No one ever paid for it, except two nurses in TX.

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