Federal Government Information Technology

Consumer safety commission falls short on IT safety

Federal Times: A recent inspector general report found that while the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission had made progress in implementing requirements under the 2014 Federal Information Security Modernization Act, a lack of dedicated resources within the commission still remain.

“We attributed many of the issues that we identified to the CPSC’s decision to not dedicate the resources necessary to support the implementation of planned activities,” the IG report said. “The information technology challenges currently facing the CPSC are particularly relevant as the agency continues to deal with the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, specifically with the CPSIA’s impacts on the agency’s IT operations.”

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