U.S. agencies less cyber-secure in 2016.

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Many large U.S. federal agencies are less secure now than they were in 2015, according to an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) report. Overall, the average "cybersecurity assessment score" for the reporting agencies was 68% for the fiscal year, down 8% from the previous fiscal year, Legaltech News reported.

According to the OMB's fiscal year 2015 "Federal Information Security Modernization Act" report to Congress, of the 24 federal departments and agencies named within the CFO Act of 1990, only the General Services Administration--at 91%--scored above 90%, in contrast to the eight agencies that scored above 90% in the 2014 fiscal year.

Thirteen agencies achieved a "moderate" grade between 65% and 90%, including the remaining top-five finishers: Department of Justice (89%), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (86%), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (86%), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (85%).

Scoring less than 50% were the State Department (34%), Department of Housing and Urban Development (39%), Department of Agriculture (43%), and...