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IG: Effectiveness of DOT IT security practices declines

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The Transportation Department’s information security program and practices are not effective, the department’s inspector general said recently in audit findings done to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act. Although some operational improvements have been made, in overall terms, the IG said the department’s security and privacy program and practices continued to decline. Last year, the program and practices eroded because “management had to divert resources and attention to resolving headquarters move-related issues,” Calvin Scovel III, DOT's inspector general, said in a report released Oct. 14. DOT has not fully implemented Scovel’s recommendations from last year, he said.

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