Comment by sv123
Comment by sv123 3 days ago
Sounds about on par with what I would expect competence wise.
Comment by sv123 3 days ago
Sounds about on par with what I would expect competence wise.
These days I think that thing's main purpose is to bounce people who would otherwise request access that they don't really need. If it isn't worth sitting down for the machine you don't really need it.
> Gottumukkala failed the polygraph in the final weeks of July. The Department of Homeland Security began investigating the circumstances surrounding the polygraph test the following month and suspended six career staffers, telling them that the polygraph did not need to be administered.
This is pretty insane though.
More context is that he was promoted under Noem in her old job too, just before the Presidential election.
> On Tuesday, Gov. Kristi Noem announced Gottumukkala's appointment as CIO. In a statement, she said he will prioritize the state’s citizens, their data and government service delivery.
https://www.govtech.com/workforce/south-dakota-governor-appo...
Hand-picked by Noem, so yeah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu_Gottumukkala
> In April 2025, secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem named Gottumukkala as the deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; he began serving in the position on May 16. That month, Gottumukkala told personnel at the agency that much of its leadership was resigning and that he would serve as its acting director beginning on May 30.