The General Accounting Office has found serious problems with the Pentagon's central program for promoting and enhancing department-wide information security, according to a new report released today.
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John Liang is managing editor of InsideDefense and Inside Missile Defense. He has been with the IWP Defense Group since 1997. He holds a master's degree in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University.
The General Accounting Office has found serious problems with the Pentagon's central program for promoting and enhancing department-wide information security, according to a new report released today.
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