They look awful SILLI.
"Security contractor to lose screening work after hack" by Stephen Braun | Associated Press September 11, 2014
WASHINGTON — The federal Office of Personnel Management plans to terminate its massive contracts with USIS, the major security clearance contractor targeted last month by a cyberattack, agency, congressional, and company officials say. The computer network intrusion compromised the personal files of as many as 25,000 government workers.
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An OPM official said Tuesday that agency officials decided not to renew the USIS background investigations and support contracts ‘‘following a careful and comprehensive review.’’ The OPM oversees background investigation contracting for most federal agencies. The official said the move would not preclude some other agencies from still working with the firm.
The early August cyberattack against the USIS computer network compromised the files of 25,000 Homeland Security Department workers and is under investigation by the FBI.
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Who are the hackers again and how are they funded?
The OPM official spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of the internal contracting changes. USIS has said it was targeted by what it described as a ‘‘state-sponsored attack.’’
Then it has to be Israel.
Marnee Banks, spokeswoman for Senator Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, said OPM officials notified Tester’s office earlier in the day that the agency had decided to sever its relationship with USIS by the end of September. Tester also confirmed the move, saying: ‘‘This news is a welcome sign that the federal government is finally beginning to hold contractors accountable for taking millions in federal money and then failing to get the job done for the taxpayer.’’
USIS also acknowledged the OPM move late Tuesday, saying it was notified by the agency that OPM ‘‘is declining to exercise its remaining options on USIS’s background investigation fieldwork and background investigation support services’’ expiring Sept. 30.
‘‘We are deeply disappointed with OPM’s decision, particularly given the excellent work our 3,000 employees have delivered on these contracts,’’ the firm said through a spokeswoman, Ellen Davis. ‘‘While we disagree with the decision and are reviewing it, we intend to fulfill our obligations to ensure an orderly transition.’’
The OPM move to sever its relationship with USIS was a stunning development for a company that itself started out as a branch of OPM and then went private as the federal government relied increasingly on contractors to assess the backgrounds of its growing ranks of national security officials.
It's like everything thus government does: create something, then privatize the contracts to those who go through the revolving door.
If you can't $ee thje rea$ons for this flat-out war agenda based on lies right in front of your face, well.... you are either somnambulant or dead.
At its height, the Virginia-based USIS performed background investigations on almost half of 5 million government workers who require national security clearances. The firm also provides office and logistics support for numerous federal agencies.
Not for much longer.
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Looks like the false flag attack has been called off because MSNBC is running the Today Show script from that horrible day, complete with phony video and such.
