Senators seek answers on eOffer security.

Set-Aside Alert, February, 2006

Leaders of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee have asked GSA to explain a security flaw that forced the temporary shutdown of its eOffer online bidding site.

The vulnerability, discovered by a Dallas computer consultant, allowed users to alter any registered company's information, including its bids. GSA said it had fixed the problem when it put the website back online Jan. 18, but the consultant, Aaron Greenspan, said the security hole still exists. (SAA, 1/ 27)

In a Jan 31 letter, committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and the ranking Democrat, Joseph Lieberman (CT), asked acting GSA Administrator David Bibb to "help set the record straight about how this security lapse occurred and about GSA's efforts to prevent a recurrence."

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