On January 30, 2015, the DOE's Office of Inspector General ("OIG") released a report finding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controls, processes, and procedures for protecting nonpublic information were lacking in February 2014 when the Commission revealed sensitive internal information regarding the U.S. electric grid. The report states that Commission staff inconsistently handled and shared analyses that identified vulnerabilities in the electric grid without ensuring that the data was adequately evaluated for sensitivity and classification.
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