Government personnel chief resigns

She faced harsh criticism for refusing to shut down servers identified by the US Inspector General as unsafe, and there have been numerous legislators calling for her scalp.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that Archuleta offered her resignation “of her own volition” and wasn’t forced out.

Beth Cobert, the deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget, will fill in temporarily until a replacement is found. Check back soon for further information. The White House, which had previously said President Barack Obama was confident in Archuleta’s leadership, said there was no change in its position. On Thursday, within hours of the Obama administration releasing new details about the scope of the breach, House Republican leaders demanded new leadership in the agency, and a number of Democrats followed.

Background investigation records contained some information on mental health and financial history provided by security clearance applicants and others contacted during their investigations.

Government officials have attributed the series of hacks to China.

Archuleta’s resignation is effective at the close of business today, according to the White House.

Archuleta is stepping down after weeks of scrutiny – and one day after her agency said the data breach was worse than many expected. Mark Warner.

The director of the Office of Personnel Management has resigned after a hack that affected 25 million Americans, Julie Davis of The New York Times reports. At the time, OPM said on 4 million federal workers were affected.

Rep. Ted Lieu said in a statement after Archuleta’s resignation that the OPM should not be in charge of storing background-check data. She stepped down Friday.

“It has taken this administration entirely too long to come to grips with the magnitude of this security breach – a breach that experts agree was entirely foreseeable”. OPM added that hackers also got away with the usernames and passwords that individuals used to submit their background investigation forms.

“I do not believe OPM was fully candid in its original briefing to the Committee and omitted key information about two distinct hacks and the breadth of the potential compromise”, Schiff said in a statement.

Still, the government declined to say who was behind the attack. Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator, Michael Daniel, said cryptically, “Just because we’re not doing public attribution does not mean that we’re not taking steps to deal with the matter”.

Authorities in Beijing have publicly denied any involvement. “Firing one individual solves nothing”, he said.