From: "Rich Gauszka" 

maybe DHS and DOD should get some help from the SSA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060316/tc_pcworld/125110;_ylt=AgodYs0nGZdc1Nt
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The U.S. government will get low marks for computer security in a
congressional report scheduled to be released Thursday. According to
documents obtained by the IDG News Service, the federal government will get
a D+ overall rating in the 2005 federal computer security scorecards, the
same score it received last year.

The scorecards, which are compiled by the House Committee On Government
Reform, give failing grades to some of the agencies most critical to the
nation's defense, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both of which received Fs.

Senior IT staffers from both of these departments are scheduled to speak at
a Thursday Committee hearing, according to a note on the Committee's Web
site. Robert F. Lentz, director of information assurance with the DOD, and
Scott Charbo, chief information officer for the DHS are both expected to
speak during the hearing, which will "explore reasons for continued
unacceptable performance by some agencies," according to the note.

DHS, which is chartered with protecting the nation's critical
infrastructure, has received only Fs on the Computer Security Scorecard
since the department was first graded in 2003.

The U.S. Department of Labor and the  Social Security Administration both
improved their ratings and earned A+ scores in the 2005 report.

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