Is ID Theft Protection a Fundamental Federal Employee Right?

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ID theft is a heinous crime but sadly it’s something that happens every now and again to all sorts of people.

It’s expected that the monitoring of credit can be made a rudimentary/fundamental right for all the federal employees just like medical insurance. This can happen if the office of personnel management accepts a proposition made by some officials of the White House. Unexpectedly, many of the feds have recently been hacked and are expecting the OPM management to give this matter the required attention.

A cyber security strategy was released by the President’s personnel last week after a plethora of data and security breaches went unnoticed, capped off by the 21.5 million investigation files’ breach. This is expected to run government wide.

The office of management and budget’s 21 page issue directs OPM to allow federal employees to enjoy identity theft protection as a fundamental perk and unexpectedly the directive has received a lot of praise. This directive has asked OPM to take actions within the next three months by reviewing and analyzing everything and ultimately delivering the recommendations the office of Management and budget made.

It would not be wrong to say that the OPM is considering this viable. They have expressed their feelings by saying that previous victims of compromised identity and data have showed a great interest in these recommendations. They are currently working with an interagency team to propose a plan to OMB and finally award the feds with identity protection benefits. The officials a few months back also allotted three ID-tracking service providers to help the breach victims overcome any further hacks. It’s still unclear whether these services will be provided free to everyone or as an option to people who want to protect themselves. No matter what the final decision might be, this surely looks like something the feds would love.

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