Daines Joins Cavuto to Discuss OPM Hack
Senator Steve Daines today reiterated his call for Director Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Katherine Archuleta to step down amid serious concerns that under her watch, OPM failed to address major security flaws and systemic problems leading to the largest ever breach of federal employees’ personal information. In the interview, Daines also called for the resignation of Donna Seymour the Chief Information Office (CIO) for OPM. “We need to hold the government accountable to standards we hold people in the private sector accountable to. The director should be let go, I think the CIO as well at OPM should be fired. This is unacceptable, it
Daines: OPM Director Should Step Down
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Steve Daines today called on Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Katherine Archuleta to step down in light of recent reports that due to failures in OPM’s security, an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were victims of a mass cyber breach. “Under Katherine Archuleta’s watch, OPM allowed one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ personal information in our nation’s history. More, Ms. Archuleta has refused to take accountability for this great failure – in turn failing the American people, whom she swore an oath to protect and defend,” Daines
KTVH: Sen. Daines Pressures NHTSA On Fire Truck Recall
Senator Steve Daines wants answers from the national highway traffic safety administration on a delayed recall, after an accident killed six people last year on Highway 12. A three forks fire truck collided with a pick-up truck due to a part failure on the fire truck. Daines pressured NHTSA during a committee hearing in D.C, as to why a full recall of the defective part took approximately one year to institute. Daines also pointed out the component was part of an initial recall from more than a decade ago. Daines: “turns out this exact component was a NHTSA approved solution to a previous recall that occurred in 2003.”
News Talk KGVO: Montana Senator Daines Pushes for Recall
Montana Senator Steve Daines spoke with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration June 23rd for updates on the delayed recall of a fire engine part. Daines remembered the deadly accident that occurred last year outside of Helena due to the failure of this component. “It’s also the face of innocence here,” Daines said. “The fire chief was returning back to Three Forks Montana, good daylight in a strait away, and you see this young couple and three kids in the back of a pickup. It’s a road I drive all the time. It was the innocence of the lives lost that
Independent Journal Review: Montana Senator Demands Action as Impact of Hack Widens: OPM Head Should Resign
Senator Steve Daines is calling for Katherine Archuleta, the head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to step down amid a hacking scandal which has compromised the information of “an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees.” According to an emailed press release from the Montana Republican‘s office: “‘Under Katherine Archuleta’s watch, OPM allowed one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ personal information in our nation’s history. More, Ms. Archuleta has refused to take accountability for this great failure – in turn failing the American people, whom she swore an oath to protect and defend,’ Daines stated.
Daines Presses Highway Safety Administrator for Answers on Fire Truck Safety
Senator Steve Daines today pressed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for answers about delayed recall efforts for a failing fire truck component that resulted in a deadly crash outside of Helena, Montana last summer. During today’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing with NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, Daines recalled the crash and pressed Rosekind as to why a full recall of the defective part has taken approximately one year to institute. Daines also pointed out that the component in question was a NHTSA approved solution to a previous recall in 2003, yet still was faulty – ultimately leading
Associated Press: Missoula Center Pleased with Rankin’s $10 Bill Nomination
MISSOULA – The suggestion by Sen. Steve Daines that the U.S. Treasury put the face of Jeannette Rankin on the $10 bill is being welcomed by advocates of the nation’s first female congresswoman. Betsy Mulligan-Dague, director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, said the development is exciting. “It’s a huge step forward for women to be taken seriously in the world,” Mulligan-Dague said. “It’s way past time.” Rankin would serve as a fitting figure for the bill and for further advancing the achievements of women, Mulligan-Dague told the Missoulian. Rankin was first elected in 1916 and again in 1940. Aside
Daines Honors Montanan of the Week: Gene Peterson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Steve Daines today honored Gene Peterson, a native of Culbertson and resident of Missoula, for his fifty successful years of shaping Montana’s broadcasting industry and long history of public service to the state. Peterson was inducted into the Montana Broadcasters Hall of Fame earlier this month. In addition to working in Montana broadcasting for more than fifty years, Peterson has served as president of the Missoula Chamber of Commerce and a member of the St. Patrick Hospital Advisory Board and Grizzly Scholarship Association. Daines’ “Montanan of the Week” initiative highlights a Montanan by submitting a statement of
Daines Introduces Bill to Honor Jeannette Rankin on U.S. Currency
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Steve Daines today introduced legislation to require that former Montana Representative Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, be featured as the first woman on U.S. paper currency. Today, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it is taking nominations for the new face of the $10 bill. Daines introduced the “Celebrating the First Woman in Congress Currency Act” to require that Jeannette Rankin be the first woman on paper currency. “Jeannette Rankin, a proud Montanan and the first woman to serve in Congress, has left a lasting mark on our nation’s democratic process,” Daines