--- rfg@tristatelogic.com wrote: From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> *) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Ms. Katherine Archueta was warned, repeatedly, and over several years, by her own department's Inspector General (IG) that many of OPM's systems were insecure and should be taken out of service. Nontheless, as reveled during congressional testimony yesterday, she overruled and ignored this advice and kept the systems online. -------------------------------------------

From personal experience (at a different level) this is SOP, unfortunately. They just don't understand the importance until catastrophic failure.

scott