Next Secret Service Director Will Face Herculean Task to Raise Morale, Improve Protection

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Whoever takes over the embattled Secret Service will face an insurmountable task. They must handle plunging morale, a tarnished reputation, budget holes and plenty of blunders that led to the resignation of Director Julia Pierson, the Wall Street Journal reports. How disgruntled are employees? A 2013 survey found that Secret Service…

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Employees: Byzantine Oversight of Homeland Security is Crushing Morale, Hindering Work

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Homeland Security has so much congressional oversight that it’s damaging morale and making the work more difficult, the Washington Post reports. Consider the number of committees and subcommittees that oversee DHS – more than 90, which exceeds the number that has jurisdiction over the Defense Department by nearly three fold. “It makes…

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Homeland Security Department Ranked Most Unsatisfying Workplace Among Federal Agencies

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Working has its drawbacks for anyone. But among federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security was ranked the most unsatisfying workplace, U.S. News reports. The survey, “The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” ranked DHS last for effective leadership, teamwork, support for diversity and training and development, U.S. News wrote….

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