From: security curmudgeon (jerichoattrition.org)
Date: Wed Mar 12 2008 - 14:08:01 CDT

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[Belated, apologies -jericho]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022503120.html

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
February 26, 2008

Despite a steady stream of embarrassing computer security breaches, many
major federal agencies still are doing too little to safeguard the
sensitive personal information in their possession, according to
congressional investigators.

Only two of 24 agencies studied by the Government Accountability Office in
a report released last week had implemented all five security measures
recommended by the Office of Management and Budget to protect personal
information.

The top performers included the Treasury Department and the Department of
Transportation. The worst were the Small Business Administration and the
National Science Foundation, neither of which had adopted any of the
measures, according to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), one of two senators
who requested the study. But officials at both agencies said yesterday
that they had completed most or all of the recommended measures since GAO
investigators last visited them in October.

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