Who watches the watchdog? Lawmakers seek greater transparency from IG council

By Jory Heckman, Federal News Network, Sep. 18, 2019

The IG community seeks to make an explicit exemption in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to prevent disclosure of sensitive reviews of agency IT vulnerabilities.

“Agencies and IGs study federal IT systems and produce detailed reports identifying exploitable weaknesses. Malicious entities could use that information to infiltrate and harm government IT systems,” Buller said.

While FOIA prevents the disclosure of classified and law-enforcement information, no standalone exemption exists for IT vulnerabilities.

“A focused, narrowly tailored exemption would protect information that hackers could use to harm federal IT systems,” she added.

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