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Oregon senator urges Biden to fire Social Security IG

February 9, 2024 Fire, Oregon, security, Biden, Senator, Social, urges0 comment

President Joe Biden is getting calls to remove the top watchdog at the Social Security Administration. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he’s “lost confidence” in SSA Inspector General Gail Ennis, and he is calling on the president to fire her. Wyden said the IG office during her tenure has been hit with complaints of a hostile work environment, falling productivity and a drop in employee morale. The Merit Systems Protection Board recently found Ennis and her leadership team retaliated against an employee for blowing the whistle on…

Swords are drawn for the Homeland Security Department’s IG

June 14, 2023 Homeland, Department's, drawn, Swords, security0 comment

The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General, Joseph Cuffari, is hanging onto his job by a thread. He acknowledge in a hearing that he has deleted messages from his government cell phone, which at least two members of Congress say is a violation of federal records laws. They want him to resign. For the latest, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Mitchell Miller, WTOP’s Capitol Hill correspondent. Interview Transcript: Mitchell Miller Well, the latest is that Democrats had held off for quite a while on actually calling for his resignation.…

Trump Indictment Shows He Violated the Law and Endangered Our National Security and Must Be Prevented From Holding Office Again

June 10, 2023 prevented, National, again, Office, Holding, Indictment, Endangered, security, Trump, from, violated, must, shows0 comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the unsealing of a federal indictment of Donald Trump earlier today, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “Donald Trump has regularly flouted and violated the law for much of his time as a political candidate and elected official. The criminal evidence unsealed in the indictment shows in painstaking detail that he acted as if he is above the law, while willfully and recklessly endangering our national security. “Now is the time for Donald Trump to be held accountable. And…

Reintroduced bills aim to fix hiring process, Social Security benefits for feds

January 25, 2023 benefits, bills, Feds, Process, hiring, Reintroduced, security, Social0 comment

Lawmakers have teed up two familiar bills that differ in their priorities, but that both have implications for federal employees, as well as retirees from the public sector. The first bill, the Chance to Compete Act, aims to revamp longstanding challenges in the federal hiring process. The House passed the bill Tuesday evening in a vote of 422 to 2. The bipartisan legislation would expand the use of shared assessments among different agencies, in effect trying to expand cross-agency hiring. Also under the legislation, subject matter experts (SMEs) would be…

Mall of America Security Order Man to Take Off ‘Jesus Saves’ T-shirt or Leave Mall

January 17, 2023 Take, leave, Mall, order, 'Jesus, Saves, Tshirt, security, America0 comment

Mall security guards at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, ordered a man to remove his “Jesus Saves” t-shirt or leave the mall, footage shows. “I didn’t do anything,” the man, Paul Shoro, told The Daily Signal in a Facebook message on Tuesday. “They forced me to take off my shirt.” The mall later said security later allowed Shoro to remain in the mall while wearing the shirt. Bystander Kameko Rawls took footage of the incident, which has since gone viral on social media. In the video of the…

She’s retired from government, but not from national security

January 5, 2023 security, from, government, National, Retired, She’s0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. For long-serving federal executives, retirement from government is merely a gateway to a next phase. A case in point is Letitia Long, who retired back in 2014 as director of the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency. She sits on several corporate boards and chairs one of the big trade associations. For some insight into her post-government life and a few other matters, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Letitia Long. Interview…