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Notification deadline passes, feds exposed in OPM breaches still in the dark

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Haven’t received notification that you’re one of the millions of current or former federal employees personally impacted by the massive breaches at the Office of Personnel Management?

Don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet.

According to OPM’s statements, June 19 was to be the final day for breach notifications to be sent out, either by mail or through opmcio@csid.com (CSID, a Texas-based security, identify protection and fraud detection firm, has been contracted by OPM to manage fallout from the breach.)

But with a second breach of background-check information developing and problems plaguing the first breach notification process, potentially millions of affected feds remain unaware of their exposure.

Finishing one round, heading for another

OPM has confirmed that roughly 2.1 million active feds, 1.1 million former government employees and 1 million retirees – 4.2 million all told – were exposed in the first breach. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) are among those who have already received notifications of their exposure.

OPM has not yet estimated the total impact of the second breach, which exposed background-check information (including the highly sensitive SF-86 forms) of military, intelligence and contractor personnel.

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Current and former Federal employees, from all branches of government may receive a notice if:

  • They currently work for a Federal agency for which OPM maintains the personnel records.
  • They previously worked for a Federal agency for which OPM maintains the personnel records.
  • They worked for a Federal agency or organization that submitted to OPM service history documentation to support future retirement processing. While organizations across all branches of government must submit these records under certain conditions, organizations may also submit these for various reasons, at various times, at their discretion. Some of these reasons could include:
    • When an individual moves from one agency or organization to another.
    • When an individual separates from an organization.
    • When an individual retires from an organization.
    • When an organization has a change in payroll service center.

If you are unsure whether your organization submits related documentation to OPM to support future retirement processing, please contact your organization’s Human Resources Office