Fedweek

Administration officials have promised to extend for those affected by the clearance file breach services beyond those being provided to those affected by the personnel data breach. While services in the personnel file breach include 18 months of free credit monitoring, identity restoration services and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance, for the clearance files breach the monitoring is to extend to three years and also include identity monitoring for minor children and fraud monitoring services. Exactly when those services will begin, and who will provide them, is unclear. OPM is moving more deliberately in issuing that contract than it did on the contract for the personnel files breach services, which was issued in less than two days. There has been widespread criticism of the services provided to those affected by the personnel files breach, many of whom have been unable to get through either by phone or online to sign up. In one change reacting to another concern raised in the earlier notices, any email notices sent to employees notifying them they were impacted by the clearance file breach will come from a government address, not from a commercial address. OPM also has said it will establish a call center—but not for at least for several weeks.