Turmoil consumes White House team guiding feds' tech strategy

[TygrBright]

From: Politico

Few Americans may have heard of the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, but the unit inside the Office of Management and Budget coordinates tech improvements across the government, helping agencies boost cybersecurity and manage technology and cybersecurity budgets that totaled $105 billion in the past fiscal year.

But many OFCIO employees are overwhelmed by unclear and changing priorities, while others are simply checked out or feeling increasingly marginalized, according to an internal February staff survey that POLITICO obtained, along with data from an annual governmentwide report and interviews with a current OMB employee, five former OFCIO employees and three former senior federal officials familiar with the office.

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While the nature of the job — protecting federal computer networks from hackers — means that OFCIO can be a high-stress environment, people familiar with the office say the situation has become untenable.

“This organization looks like it’s in free fall,” said a former senior federal IT official who worked closely with the office.

I'd say the chances of Russia fucking up the 2020 election (among other targets) look pretty damn' good.

disgustedly,
Bright

[Girard442]

1. You would expect Trump to mess with the people who might get in Putin's way.

[elleng]

2. pretty damn' good. disgustedly,

I think Perez said Dems are working on 'remedies,' but we MUST enhance this HUGELY.

[MH1]

3. OFCIO is being sabotaged by a traitor, of course.

A traitor that 60 million or so "Americans" voted for.

His behavior is treason.

The question is whether enough of us wake up in time.