OPM Watchdog says Doge Work’s comments are in progress

this Personnel Management Office Acting Inspector General has confirmed that the Independent Office is investigating whether it is due to Elon Musk’s Doge Operators have introduced rapid changes in protected government networks.

Acting Inspector General Norbert Vint wrote: “OPM OIG (Office of the Inspector General) is committed to providing independent and objective oversight of OPM’s plans and operations.” In a letter Date on March 7 to greet Democratic lawmakers, adding that his office not only needs to review OPM’s security protocols legally, but also does so often based on “development risks.” The letter noted that the office would do “existing work” last month on specific requirements issued by Democratic lawmakers, while also launching “new engagement” in potential risks for agencies associated with computer systems that have been accessed or modified by the U.S. threshold services.

Vint’s ex was fired by Trump in January and is one of six deputy inspectors Urged by Democrats Investigation was conducted on the House Oversight and Government Reform Commission last month Reports from Wired and Other exports About Doge’s efforts to get a wide range of record systems that have some of the most sensitive data from governments, including profiles of millions of government employees and their families.

“We are very concerned that unauthorized system access could occur in the federal government and could pose a significant threat to the personal privacy of all Americans and the national security of our country,” Gerald Connolly, a Democrat of the Oversight Committee, wrote in a February 6 letter.

In addition to OPM, Democrats conducted similar security assessments to five other agencies, including the Treasury Department, General Services Administration, Small Business Administration, U.S. International Development Agency and Department of Education. However, VINT is the only watchdog to respond to any designated agency so far, a committee spokesman told Wired.

In the House and Senate minorities, Democrats do not have any effective oversight power outside the formal hearing, which must be convened by Republicans. During his first term, the Trump Justice Department issued guidance notifying the executive agencies that they had zero obligations to the Democratic Party’s problems.

Congressional Republicans are committed to having little (if any) work on Doge, but choosing Back channel With billionaires opposing the influence of the Human Crusaders.

The president signed an executive order on his first day of office established the Governor, directing federal agencies to provide Musk’s agents with “complete, timely access” of all unclassified recording systems to carry out government-wide “fraud, waste and abuse.” However, it soon became clear that the employees of Duge, many of them Young engineer It has direct relationship with Musk’s own business and rarely pays attention to major privacy protection measures. For example, avoid Mandatory assessment New technology installed on protected government networks.

“Some of the issues you expressed in your letter about the OPM OIG assessment are part of our annual review of OPM IT and the financial system, which we plan to include in these existing projects,” Vint wrote in a letter dated March 7. “We are also just starting to engage in an assessment of the risks associated with new and modified information systems for OPM. We believe that, ultimately, our new involvement will broadly address many of the issues related to OPM system integrity.”