Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of federal government workers rose from 1.9 million to 2.1 million between 2004 and 2012, the USA Today reports, citing the Government Accountability Office. Homeland Security grew nearly 4% annually on average between 2004 and 2012. The GAO report, which was released Wednesday, found: From 2004 to 2012, the federal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A whopping 95% of employees at the Department of Homeland Security’s offices in Northern Virginia are accused of hiking their pay by 25% through overtime abuse, the Washington Post reports, citing a report from the Office of Special Counsel. Special Counsel Carolyn N. Lerner said allegations found that CBP employees “improperly claim”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About 11 million illegal immigration in the U.S. have “earned the right to be citizens,” said new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. The Daily Mail reports that Johnson called for “comprehensive, common sense, immigration reform” during his speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C. “An earned path to citizenship…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent faces up to 35 years in prison after being charged with stealing counterfeit money and trying to pass it off, the First Coast News reports. Anthony Eugene Preissig, 47, is accused of stealing counterfeit money from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Preissig retired in 2012…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new Homeland Security headquarters in Washington will be much smaller than initially conceived because of budget cuts approved by the House on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Instead of having $354 million for the HQ, the agency will have about $155 million. The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee described the bill as…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Opening an investigation into the costly price tag for housing for Border Patrol agents in Arizona, the Homeland Security Department has sent inspectors to the former mining town, the Arizona Republic reports. The $15 million housing project caused an uproar among residents, who say the federal government spent far too much money…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. John McCain, one of the leading voices in the immigration debate, sharply criticized how the border is patrolled, the Washington Times reports. The Arizona Republican said Homeland Security needs to devise a way to measure the effectiveness of its border protection. “I have concluded that not only is the border unsafe,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s choice for inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security appears poised for a relatively quick nomination with bipartisan support, the Washington Post reports. John Roth, who has led the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal investigations division for the past year, is hoping to replace former acting head Charles…
