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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….
FBI to Host Secret, Exclusive Holiday Sale on FBI Merchandise
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal employees who still need last-minute gifts for the holidays may be in for a bargain at a top-secret sale of bureau-branded clothing and merchandise, Crain’s New York Business reports. For the first time, the FBI is opening its New York store at 26 Federal Plaza on Dec. 20 for a four-hour…
FBI: Former Wells Fargo Banker Helped Insider Trading Ring in Exchange for Gold, Cash
Steve Neavling ticklethewire A former Wells Fargo investment banker is accused of tipping off investors in an insider trading scheme in exchange for gold and cash, the FBI announced Thursday. The banker, John Femenia, was indicted along with eight accused insider traders in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Femenia, who faces up to 30 years in…
FBI: Government Workers Faked Excessive Exercise to Earn Gift Cards
Steve Neavling ticklethewire An initiative by Blue Cross and Blue Shield to promote good health seemed to work too well when some municipal employees of Kansas City were reporting excessive, grueling exercise sessions to earn gift cards. It was so unreal, in fact, that the scam caught the FBI’ attention, which resulted in an investigation,…
Muslim U.S. Citizen Claims He’s Being Harassed by Feds, Local Authorities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Muslim man from Oklahoma claims he’s being harassed by the FBI after he was twice barred from flying from Qatar to visit his sick mother in the United States, the Associated Press reports. Now that he’s back home in the U.S., Saadiq Long says local and federal authorities are trying to…
Editorial: Border Patrol Spoils Its Good Name with Secrecy, Long Delays in Internal Probes
Editorial Arizona Daily Star For a law-enforcement agency to be trusted, the public must be able to see how it functions when something goes wrong. The U.S. Border Patrol doesn’t seem to understand that. As the Arizona Daily Star’s Tim Steller reported on Sunday, when Border Patrol agents shoot people on the other side of…
Ex-FBI Agent Sentenced to Probation for Passing on Information about Undercover Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com A former FBI agent who passed on confidential information to a friend about an ongoing federal investigation in New Jersey was sentenced Tuesday to four years of probation, the Washington Post reports. Ivan Stanchev, 43, delivered information about a criminal probe in Newark to a friend who apparently was curious about an…
Gun ownership appears to be on a steady rise, but the motive is in dispute.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Over the past decade, the number of federally mandated background checks of prospective gun purchases has nearly doubled, the USA Today reports, citing FBI records. Nearly 17 million people received background checks already this year, up from 8.5 million in 2002, the USA Today wrote. If you ask gun-rights advocates what’s causing…