result of republicans hiring rich cronies

Medical and financial information gathered on millions of Americans by Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs is vulnerable to thieves or pranksters because of inadequate computer security, federal investigators say.

Investigators for the GAO reviewed management and audit reports from 2004 and 2005 that outline security practices at 13 Health and Human Services divisions of the federal government and found:
• Anti-virus software not installed or up to date.
• Lack of adequate control over computer passwords.
• Employees and contractors serving without background checks.
• Inadequate physical controls to prevent spying or theft, such as non-working surveillance cameras and unrestricted access to a data center.

"Fundamentally, it's an organization that is behind in making security part of its regular operations," says Alan Paller, who has seen the report but was not involved in writing it. Paller is research director at security firm the SANS Institute in Bethesda, Md. "It's very dangerous for health care data."
This is what happens when you hire your rich cronies in the top jobs.