OPM approves special giving period for Texas storms Severe winter weather in February caused widespread power outages and infrastructure damage across Texas. (LM Otero/AP) The normal Combined Federal Campaign period for federal employees to give to charity has already come to a close, but the Office of Personnel Management announced March 11 that feds would have another opportunity to donate to help the victims of the extreme winter weather that hit Texas in February. Winter Storm Shirley crossed many parts of the U.S. but hit parts of Texas the hardest, causing prolonged power outages, freezing conditions and widespread infrastructure damage.
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On April 30, 2015 the Office of Personnel Management briefed Congress on a major incident involving the cyber theft of what would later be called the “crown jewels” the highly personal information on government employees with security clearances. The first Congressional oversight hearing took place twelve days later, which started a year-long investigation putting the agency under a microscope and ultimately led to the resignations of the director of OPM and its chief information officer.
Now, four years after the ink dried on the 241-page Congressional report excoriating the OPM leadership for years of mismanagement, SolarWinds is the latest “hack to end all hacks.”