Posted on 07/10/2015 5:07:42 AM PDT by bestintxas
The head of the U.S. government's personnel office is rejecting bipartisan calls for her resignation following revelations that hackers stole the personal information of more than 21 million people on her watch.
Katherine Archuleta, director of the federal Office of Personnel Management, said she has no plans to step down and is committed to continuing her work. The White House, which had previously said President Barack Obama was confident in Archuleta's leadership, said there was no change in its position.
The escalating calls for Archuleta to be replaced came as the Obama administration disclosed on Thursday that the number of people affected by the federal breach — believed to be the biggest in U.S. history — was far higher than previously reported.
Hackers downloaded Social Security numbers, health histories or other highly sensitive data from OPM's databases, affecting more than five times the 4.2 million people the government first disclosed this year. Since then, the administration acknowledged a second, related breach of systems housing private data that individuals submit during background investigations to obtain security clearances.
Although the government declined to name the hackers, officials said the same party was responsible for both hacks. Numerous U.S. lawmakers who have been briefed on the federal investigation have pointed the finger at China.
Word that the breach was far more severe than previously acknowledged drew indignation from members of Congress who have said the administration has not done enough to protect personal data in their systems, as well as calls for Archuleta and her top deputies to resign. House Republican leaders — Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Whip Steve Scalise — called for Archuleta's resignation, and Boehner said the president must "take a strong stand against incompetence."
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If she is not fired, there can never be accountability in the government, PERIOD.
Gross incompetence.
Another “Wise Latina”
Katherine Archuleta is the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. President Barack Obama appointed her on May 23, 2013, and she was sworn in on November 4, 2013. She had previously served as National Political Director for Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Prior to that, she had been Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, had co-founded the Latina Initiative, had worked at a Denver law firm, and had worked in the Clinton Administration.
Oh, and BHO still has confidence in her.
Hmmm, I wonder if his records are in the hacked list?
It’s government...no one ever gets fired!
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! On one day the FBI wants to make it mandatory to have access to encryption data in order to hack — the next day we hear that the government web sites have been hacked by ‘unknowns’.
No doubt about it - we certainly need a change of people in leadership positions.
Fat, Latina,female.The only missing point- does she prefer pene or quim?
I’m sure she’s an idiot, but director of the federal Office of Personnel Management is not directly responsible for data security, is she?
I’m sure she should be fired, but it sounds like a whole bunch of “security professionals” should be fired along with her.
“I’m sure she’s an idiot, but director of the federal Office of Personnel Management is not directly responsible for data security, is she?”
Her office is responsible for the organization which protects the personnel records of Civil Servants.
In the carousal of government theater, no one is ever responsible or accountable when something goes wrong(see IRS on conservative targeting, DHS on defying judge’s order to stop issuing work permits, ATF gun walking, Benghazi. etc, etc.). More than one of these mishaps resulted in someone dying and no one was fired.
The very least that should happen is the incompetent political appointee overseeing this incident is fired on the spot.
Yeah, because she's been doing such a great job.
At least we get a delicious irony.
Impeach her.
This obese, incompetent affirmative-action, political hack never should have been hired in the first place. This fool LIB is so far beyond her competence she actually feels she knows what she is doing. What a charade. What a fraud. Yet another “wise latina” loser who probably is an illegal alien invader. She should be arrested, waterboarded, have her assets seized and, then, exiled.
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