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Congressman: Gov't's info-security 'dangerous'

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Calling federal information security "embarrassing" and "dangerous", Rep. James R. Langevin (D-RI) lashed out at U.S. federal departments including State, Commerce and Homeland security for lax practices and serious breaches.The comments came at a hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security's subcommittee on emerging threats, cybersecurity and science and technology, to discuss recent high-level security breaches in government, at which representatives of State, Commerce and the Government Accountability Office testified.
Langevin cited failing grades by both Departments of Commerce and State under the FISMA assessment. FISMA stands for the federal information security management act of 2002. See background information via the National Institute of Standards and Technology here.

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