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Article Title: OPM Sends Data Breach Notifications to Millions of Employees
Snippet of Article: "...Millions of federal workers are starting to receive notices from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that their identity may be compromised following the recent data breach. ..."
Article Title: NLRB Slams Postal Service For Failure to Bargain over Employee Data Breach
Snippet of Article: "...The APWU filed the NLRB charge just days after learning of the cyber intrusion, after the Postal Service refused to bargain over management’s response to the breach and failed to respond to the union‘s request for information. At the time, Dimondstein said, “We are outraged that this happened. We do not know at this point whether management did everything in their power to protect our privacy, but they bear the ultimate responsibility.”
The complaint by Region 5 of the NLRB cites the Postal Service for ignoring its legal obligations to bargain with the union.
“By issuing this complaint, the NLRB is recognizing employee rights in the information age,” Dimondstein said.
In a move typically reserved for the most intractable employers, the NLRB is seeking special remedies for the Postal Service’s unlawful acts.
“In view of the extensive history of repeated unfair labor practice violations found by the Board and courts,” the complaint says, the NLRB is seeking an order “to comprehensively address the Postal Service’s violations of the law.”..."
Snippet of Article: "...A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday...."
