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Week ahead: Senate fight brews over feds’ hacking powers

10

May

2016

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is moving to prevent a controversial expansion of the federal government’s hacking powers. The privacy hawk in the coming week is expected to unveil legislation blocking a Justice Department request to allow judges to grant a single warrant for electronic searches in multiple locations — even when investigators don’t know the physical location […]

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Manipulation of feds’ personal data is a major danger in OPM cyber heist

19

Aug

2015

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach shows us how espionage is done in the digital world. It’s not only about the theft of information; it’s also about the potential manipulation of personal data. Records can be changed to make a federal employee appear less trustworthy or possibly destroyed to make a person disappear, […]

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Inspectors general to Congress: Allow us access to records to help us root out corruption

05

Aug

2015

Federal watchdogs have opened a new front in their battle with the Justice Department for access to records to root out waste, fraud and abuse, an appeal to Congress for legislation affirming their authority to conduct independent oversight. The Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, which represents 72 inspectors general across the federal […]

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