Agency Slapped for Mismanaging Data Security Contract

Which agency is causing an uproar? The federal Office of Personnel Management. AKA “The OPM Breach of 2015”

How did the agency mishandle the data breach? A report this week from OPM’s Inspector General found 5 contracting irregularities when OPM awarded a $21M clean up the data breach contract. 

The 5 Government Contracting Problems:

• OPM did not offer a complete scope of the work
• Conduced inadequate market research
• had an incomplete acquisition plan
• exceeded dollar limits on blanket agreements
• Unreliable contract file

CNN | OPM hit for mishandling data breach cleanup