The federal government’s list of critical-need computer security employees has not been updated in over 15 years. The possible government shutdown scheduled for March 4, 2011, could trigger a cyberwar emergency. The list was last updated in 1995, ahead of the last federal government shutdown. “You’ve got a week to do this,” said Hord Tipton, a former Interior Department chief information officer who was Bureau of Land Management assistant director for resource use and protection during the shutdown that lasted from Dec. 16, 1995, to Jan. 6, 1996.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/02/hackers-could-exploit-federal.html