However much money it made, however, 18F was losing more -- one of the original reasons the Inspector General’s watchdogs got involved. According to the most recent IG report, one method was to ignore virtually all GSA information security safeguards for the wares it was encouraging agencies to buy. Instead, the spokesman declared that “GSA considers IT security a top priority and takes the GSA Inspector General’s report seriously. The guidelines were not approved by GSA’s information security brass. According to the report, “Chrousos told us that she remembered the director’s request for her signed approval of the guidelines shortly after she became head of OCSIT in early 2015.

Source: Fox News February 23, 2017 20:26 UTC