WTOP radio, 11/15/17:
Metro inspector general was tracked, needs more independence, Senate letter says
WASHINGTON — Metro’s Office of Inspector General was being watched five years ago, and still faces questionable internal pressures to have documents reviewed or redacted, a Senate committee warned Metro’s general manager.
A letter from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Tuesday night warned Metro’s general manager of the tracking.
Metro acknowledged Wednesday that about five years ago an employee with access to key security features within Metro’s computer network “inappropriately monitored communication of the OIG.” The then-inspector general raised the issue that the keystrokes of the office’s computers were being tracked, and that employee was later fired, Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said in an email.
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General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said Wednesday that all Metro employee computer use is tracked, and the Office of Inspector General remains in the same network, . . .