OPM Defends Cyber Chief Against Chaffetz Demand For Removal

A House committee chairman repeated his demand for the removal of the Office of Personnel Management’s cybersecurity chief Thursday, but agency officials argued that’s not needed because they’re “working incredibly hard.”<br />House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz reiterated his call to terminate OPM Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour for failing to prevent a digital breach that exposed more than 22 million current, retired and former federal employees’ private information and for hindering the inspector general’s work.<br />The OPM breach first became public June 5th, but subsequent revelations made clear the system had been repeatedly compromised for many months before it was discovered.