July 9, 2015 – Yesterday OPM announced: In the coming months, the Administration will work with Federal employee representatives and other stakeholders to develop a proposal for the types of credit and identity theft monitoring services that should be provided to all Federal employees in the future – regardless of whether they have been affected […]
Statement of NARFE President Richard G. Thissen Following the OPM Security Breach Dear members: “Last evening, I was informed directly by an official of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that the personnel records, including personally identifiable information (PII), of four million current and former federal employees were exposed to a cyberattack. NARFE is staying […]
Federal employees to receive more information June 5, 2015 The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — an independent federal agency — announced June 4 that it recently became aware of a cybersecurity incident that may have compromised the personal information of current and former federal employees. The personally identifiable information of approximately 4 million […]
1/6/2015 – Hackers who broke into the Postal Service’s information systems in September may have accessed up to 485,000 people’s medical records, the agency now says. Potential victims include current and former postal employees who filed injury compensation claims between November 1980 and August 2012. Some of those who had left the Postal Service years […]