DHS should review Microsoft contracts over ‘shadow government’ ex-FBI official
A recent letter from the government watchdog Democracy Restored has called on Homeland Security Secretary markwayne Mullin to review the department’s contractual ties with Microsoft. The concern stems from Microsoft’s employment of Nikki Floris, a former FBI official who previously claimed she was “basically running a shadow government across the FBI.” The watchdog is requesting that Homeland Security assess existing and upcoming contracts with Microsoft, investigate Floris’s possible role within DHS, and take appropriate security measures if any issues are identified.
EXCLUSIVE — A new letter from a government watchdog urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to review the department’s contracts with Microsoft, citing the company’s employment of a former FBI official who once said she was “basically running a shadow government across the FBI.”
Democracy Restored, a self-described nonpartisan watchdog, sent Mullin a letter Tuesday asking the Department of Homeland Security to examine Microsoft’s existing and pending contracts, assess whether former FBI official Nikki Floris has a role connected to DHS work, and take action if the department identifies security concerns, according to a copy obtained by the Washington Examiner.
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