June 29, 2015 – Postal and federal employees and annuitants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) are currently forced to choose between just two coverage: to cover only themselves or to select a one-size-fits-all family plan. But that’s about to change. Postal employees and annuitants will have a new choice for 2016: Self […]
June 25, 215 The Federal-Postal Coalition is comprised of national organizations that collectively represent 5 million federal and postal workers and retirees. The Federal-Postal Coalition sent a letter to President Obama today expressing disappointment with communication surrounding the breaches and asked for swift action to be taken to protect highly personal data. […]
June 23, 2015 Washington, D.C.—The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should immediately offer free credit and identity theft protection to all federal employees following the recent cyberattacks, which compromised the personal and financial details for an unknown number of current and former workers, the leader of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) told a Senate panel […]
Washington (CNN) The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management – more than four times the 4.2 million the agency has publicly acknowledged. The number is expected to grow, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. […]
Millions More Could Be Affected APWU: OPM Announces Second Major Security Breach 06/22/2015 – The recent announcement by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of a second major breach of data on “current and former employees of the federal government whose records OPM manages” could affect many APWU members, said Retirees Department Director Judy Beard. […]
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 […]
Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, said on the Senate floor that the December hack into Office of Personnel Management data was carried out by “the Chinese.” OPM SAYS; Within the last year, OPM has undertaken an aggressive effort to update its cybersecurity posture, adding numerous tools and capabilities to its networks. As a result, […]
The following is a question from PostalReporter.com reader: OPM announced that “If you’re a current or former Federal employee eligible to receive CSID’s Protector Plus coverage, you will receive a notification via email or the U.S. Postal Service beginning Monday, June 8, 2015. Notifications will be delivered over the course of the following two weeks. […]
06/08/2015 – Postal retirees may be among those affected by a breach in the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirees Department Director Judy Beard reports. OPM announced June 4 that the records of 4 million current and former federal employees were compromised in a cyber attack the agency discovered in April. […]
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data that may have exposed the personal information of Federal personnel. Since the incident was identified, OPM has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to determine the impact to […]