ICE Employees Complain of Pervasive Discrimination, Mismanagement, Harassment
The issues are so pervasive, the union argued, that ICE employees filed 18 discrimination suits in just San Diego.
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Inspector General Report: FBI’s Half-Billion-Dollar Computer System Is Rife with Problems
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI spent a half-billion-dollars on a Sentinel computerized file system, but the system is rife with problems, Newsweek reports. Officials insisted the Sentinel would be completed by the end of 2009 for $425 million. But a report by the Justice Department Inspector General found mismanagement, cost overruns and technical problems…
Internal Report: Homeland Security Fails Adequately Prepare for Potential Pandemics
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although Homeland Security has received $47 million to prepare for potential pandemics, federal authorities are far from ready and properly trained, according to a federal audit, the Washington Post reports. The Homeland Security inspector general found numerous problems, including the imminent expiration of antiviral drugs and a failure to find personal…
Homeland Security Inspector General Is Accused of Mismanagement, Nepotism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The acting inspector general of Homeland Security is accused of mismanagement and nepotism, the New York Post reports. Documents obtained by the Post show that Charles Edwards took at least four jaunts on the taxpayers’ dime and employed his wife. Never mind that Edwards’ job is to protect the agency from violating…