Interior Internet Security Remains an Issue

The Washington Post reported yesterday that despite warnings that its computer network was vulnerable to hackers, the Interior Department “persistently failed to meet minimum standards in information security.”

The information was disclosed in a report written last spring by then-Inspector General Earl Devaney. The report was made public last week when it was filed with a federal appeals court as part of the Cobell lawsuit.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs was reconnected to the Internet last year after several years of a court ordered disconnection because of security concerns.