President Trump’s large family and their habit of traveling to several residences on the East Coast have left the Secret Service without enough money to pay hundreds of agents.
Secret Service agents who are on the campaign trail are working hundreds of hours of overtime without pay because of a cap on federal income.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are going to have a harder time getting overtime under a proposal to overhaul the system after a whistleblower exposed abuse, FOX10 News reports. The overhaul of the overtime system is expected to save about $100 million. The agents aren’t happy about the new system, though, because many…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bill awaiting President Obama’s signature would give Border Patrol agents three overtime options in an effort to cut payroll costs, the Washington Post reports. The “Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime” would be replaced with a system designed to save what amounts to an average 80% reduction in overtime pay. The House of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association is urging Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to reconsider his department’s decision to suspend a troubled overtime program, the Washington Post reports. The overtime was halted last week after a federal investigation found widespread abuse of the “administratively uncontrollable overtime” – as it’s called. The pay…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are willing to give up increased overtime pay in exchange for not being furloughed as part of the mandated federal spending cuts, the Washington Post reports. “The reform I have just proposed saves tax dollars, reduces overtime pay and brings about financial certainty to both the Border Patrol…
This comes under the category of “not good publicity for the bureau.” By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Taxpayers were billed an average of $45,000 in overtime and extra pay for each FBI agent temporarily posted to Iraq over the course of four years, according to a new Justice Department report. In…
