Office of Management and Budget: 'People are losing data'

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.fcw.com/article96686-11-02-06-Web

Between July and Sept. 30, agencies reported 338 separate security 
incidents involving personally identifiable information to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Karen Evans, OMB.s administrator for e-government 
and information technology, said today.

Many of the incidents, however, are not attacks on government information 
from outsiders, Evans said in a speech at the IT Association of America.s 
annual Chief Information Security Officer Workshop in Falls Church, Va.

"Primarily, people are losing data," she said.

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