U.S. personnel chief Katherine Archuleta and a big fat failure resigned today just days after it became known China hacked the information of more than 21 million government workers and their families private information. Katherine Archuleta was the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, appointed by Obama in 2013.
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In a statement, Archuleta made no direct reference to the data breach, saying only that she believed it was best to allow the agency to “move beyond the current challenges.” She praised the agency’s employees as “some of the most dedicated, capable and hardworking individuals in the federal government.”
“I have complete confidence in their ability to continue fulfill OPM’s important mission of recruiting, retaining and honoring a world-class workforce to serve the American people,” Archuleta said.
Archuleta’s position appeared to become unsustainable given the scope of the data breach and the mounting calls from lawmakers in both parties for her to resign. On Thursday, within hours of the Obama administration releasing new details about the scope of the breach, House Republican leaders demanded new leadership in the agency, and a number of Democrats followed.