Unexpectedly, OPM has issued its own report, quite possibly to get something into print before the General Accounting Office degree mill report, due in a few weeks. The OPM report identifies half a dozen rather low-level people (by job title) with fake degrees. The Washington gossip is that the GAO report will identify quite a large number of people at very high levels. So what's going on here? Beats me. Link to article in Government Computer News: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25737-1.html Start of article: OPM unveils diploma mill abuses and outlines policy changes 04/27/04 By Wilson P. Dizard III, GCN Staff The Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads it has identified several federal employees who claimed to have undergraduate and graduate degrees but had obtained their credentials from diploma mills. OPM director Kay Coles James said in a memorandum late yesterday that her agency plans new measures to curb diploma mill abuses, such as hiring additional staff at the Center for Federal Investigative Services. The center conducts and adjudicates background checks and advises agencies’ human resources officials on credential checks.
(un)subtle hint to those in GAO report to fess up before hand and go stand in the corner for an hour?
A few other stories on this topic: Agency Moves to Make Sure Applicants' Academic Degrees Are Genuine OPM boosts efforts to thwart diploma mills OPM hunts fake sheepskins
