The top lawmakers in the House Oversight Committee asked the Senate Thursday to approve Beth Cobert, President Obama’s pick for director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Chairman Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, and ranking member Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said in a letter to Senate leaders this week that they approve of the president’s decision to have Ms. Cobert run the OPM, the federal office that manages civil services for the U.S. government.
“She is a qualified and competent choice to manage OPM, which is in need of strong leadership, and we urge the Senate to approve her nomination swiftly,” the committee members wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat.
Ms. Cobert was appointed as acting director of the OPM in July when the head of the agency, Katherine Archuleta, resigned amid revelations that hackers had compromised more than 20 million personal records of past and current government workers during her tenure.
Mr. Obama nominated Ms. Cobert as the full-time replacement in November, and her interim performance has been praised by OPM Inspector General Patrick McFarland.
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Does she know how to spell IT Security?! That's what took the last one down...
ReplyDeleteThe first thing she needs to do is evaluate the capability of her organization and the competency of her people do perform the tasks necessary to secure the data of the people. If she truly looks at the competency, she'll find that 60% of the people would not be hired for the jobs they currently hold - if this was not in the government...too many rose to their current level via time-in-service and job-hopping through buddies in other organizations.
Some of us see this level of organizational capability daily!