No Federal Agency Left Behind

In the spirit of the No Child Left Behind Act, I move that we cut the funding to the Departments that got bad grades on their cyber-security test.

The Department of Homeland Security led a list of seven agencies that received flunking grades for their cyber-security efforts in 2004, with the federal government at large earning an overall grade of "D-plus" from a key congressional oversight committee.

For the fifth straight year, at least half of all federal agencies received a grade of "D" or worse on the House Government Reform Committee's annual cyber-security report card. Agencies that received failing marks include the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs. A grade of "D" was awarded to the departments of Defense and Treasury, as well as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Small Business Administration.

The Department of Homeland Security FLUNKING their cyber-security test? As Mr. Bush said "either you are with us or with the terrorists," and I think the DHS is with the terrorists. I'm scared. Hold me.