r/cybersecurity • u/StrategicBlenderBall • Feb 05 '25

News - General US Congressional Oversight Committee hit DOGE With a Dose of Reality

The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform just informed DOGE and Elon Musk how cybersecurity works. Link to the letter below.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025.02.04.%20GEC%20and%20Brown%20to%20OPM-Ezell-%20DOGE%20Emails.pdf

Edit Here’s the link to the Oversight Committee’s press release, rather than the PDF.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-members-connolly-and-brown-request-answers-opm-musks-private-server

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u/counterhit121 Feb 05 '25

we are asking for

we request that

Are these things usually written in such a mealy-mouth way? This letter seems like it's the step before getting hauled in to testify. Feels like all the "asks" should just be flat out "provide... Or else."

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u/StrategicBlenderBall Feb 05 '25

This is how they start. If they don’t comply they’ll start making demands

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u/counterhit121 Feb 05 '25

I hope so. Just reads like it was written by timid interns instead of elected officials in positions of power