Severe weather closes, delays some Md. courts, MARC trains

March 2, 2018 Comments Off on Severe weather closes, delays some Md. courts, MARC trains (access required)

Strong winds on Friday morning closed courts, stopped trains and closed federal offices in Maryland.

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Union sues feds over hack, says agency had ample warning

June 29, 2015 Comments Off on Union sues feds over hack, says agency had ample warning (access required)

WASHINGTON — The largest federal employee union filed a class action lawsuit Monday against the federal personnel office, its leaders and one of its contractors, arguing that negligence contributed to what government officials are calling one of the most damaging ...

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Fed agency blames giant hack on ‘neglected’ security system

June 16, 2015 Comments Off on Fed agency blames giant hack on ‘neglected’ security system (access required)

WASHINGTON — The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee — and detailed personal histories of military and intelligence workers with security clearances — failed for years to take basic steps ...

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Union: All federal workers were victims in OPM hack

June 12, 2015 Comments Off on Union: All federal workers were victims in OPM hack (access required)

WASHINGTON — A major union says the cyber theft of employee information is more damaging than it first appeared, asserting that hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for 4 million current and former federal workers . The Obama ...

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Federal employees: here’s what to do about the OPM data breach

June 5, 2015 Comments Off on Federal employees: here’s what to do about the OPM data breach (access required)

It is not the first and it follows massive data breaches at health insurance companies, major U.S. banks like JPMorgan and retailers such as Target and Home Depot. Here’s what to do if you think you’ve been compromised. First things ...