Government Gets C-, Defense Department Fails Security Report Card

[OhioChick]

The feds' report card comes in, and they may want to hide this one from Mom and Dad.
Apr 12, 2007 04:57 PM


Eight government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Treasury, and the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, got failing grades Thursday on their annual computer security report card.

Overall, for 2006 the government got a C- grade, which actually is up slightly from the last three years when it received a grade of D+, D+, and D. A third of the agencies received an F, while the same number received between an A- and an A+.

Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., ranking member of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, presented the report card for the performance of the 24 agencies covered by the Federal Information Security Management Act.

"This grade indicates slow but steady improvement from past years," Davis said in a written statement. "Obviously, challenges remain. But there are some excellent signs of progress in this year's report, and that's encouraging."

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