WASHINGTON – The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS), a division of the 91快活林 (91快活林), released the following of support to the members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee endorsing the nomination of Beth Cobert to be the next Administrator for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM):

February 2, 2016

The Honorable Ron Johnson
Chairman
U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

The Honorable Thomas R. Carper
Ranking Member U.S. Senate
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Re: Confirmation of Mrs. Beth F. Cobert as Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management

Dear Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Carper:

On behalf of the IT Alliance for Public Sector1, I urge the speedy confirmation of Beth F. Cobert to be the next Administrator for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Mrs. Cobert’s nomination comes at a critical time when OPM is facing extraordinary circumstances and should be approved quickly. Making her assignment permanent as the OPM Administrator will underscore the commitment in the Legislative and Executive branches to quickly restore confidence in the Agency.

In addition to her clear demonstration of capabilities while serving as the Acting Administrator, Mrs. Cobert’s extensive experience in the public and private sectors make her an ideal candidate for this position. This experience, coupled with her efforts while serving as the Deputy Director for Management and the U.S. Chief Performance Officer at the Office of Management and Budget, establish her qualifications to lead OPM. We would also commend to the Committee her consistent and meaningful outreach to government contractors to make them aware of the ramifications on cleared contractor personnel of the breach at OPM, the impact contractors should expect from the temporary suspension of the clearance granting process to address security weaknesses in the systems, the steps being taken to address risk for contractor personnel and what credit monitoring and repair services contractor employees should expect to be put in place for impacted individuals. We are sincerely appreciative of her efforts to keep the contractor community informed and listen to our concerns.

We believe that Mrs. Cobert is the ideal candidate to assume this role in a permanent capacity and would urge you to consider her nomination favorably and vote to confirm her as the next Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management. Thank you for your consideration of our endorsement and should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 202-626-5758 or at thodgkins@itic.org.

Respectfully,

A.R. “Trey” Hodgkins, III, CAE
Senior Vice President, Public Sector

Cc: Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee