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Agencies show little sign of improvement in IT security

federaltimes.com

When it comes to securing its computer systems, the federal government gets a C grade.
That’s up slightly from the C-minus it earned last year on an annual information security report card handed out by Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
While pleased the government is showing some improvement, Davis said he would like to see more oversight of information security practices and real consequences for agencies that don’t meet security standards, as proscribed by the Federal Information Security Management Act. “We need to do more to bring consistency to the [inspector general] community regarding standards and review,” Davis said in a May 20 statement. “We need to seriously consider incentives for agency success, and funding penalties and personnel reforms for agencies that don’t measure up.”

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