Should ID Theft Protection Be a Standard Federal Employee Benefit?

Nextgov: Credit monitoring could become a standard perk for federal employees, right along with dental insurance, if the Office of Personnel Management endorses an idea tossed up by the White House. And many recently-hacked government workers want that bonus, OPM officials said on Monday.

Following a string of agency data breaches, capped off by a breach of 21.5 million sensitive background investigation files, the Obama administration Oct. 30 released a governmentwide cybersecurity strategy.

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