http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8754 Homeland Security management positions vacant - Homeland Stupidity Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8754 [...] by political appointees without enough experience, if they were filled at all, contributing to persistent morale problems, poor job satisfaction and inefficiency and mission failure within the department. Department [...] [...] by political appointees without enough experience, if they were filled at all, contributing to persistent morale problems, poor job satisfaction and inefficiency and mission failure within the department. Department [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8753 Congress probes low morale at DHS - Homeland Stupidity Fri, 25 May 2007 14:19:54 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8753 [...] Perez replaced K. Gregg Prillaman, who resigned last year amid similar criticisms of Homeland Security’s personnel management practices. Morale at the department has been among the lowest in the federal government since its creation. [...] [...] Perez replaced K. Gregg Prillaman, who resigned last year amid similar criticisms of Homeland Security’s personnel management practices. Morale at the department has been among the lowest in the federal government since its creation. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8752 FEMA goes on hiring spree - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:21:58 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8752 [...] Throughout 2006, FEMA had reported that it was just short of reaching its 95% staffing goal, but kept pushing back the goal, eventually dropping it entirely, as it failed time and again to recruit enough people. Like the rest of the Department of Homeland Security, it has been plagued with senior level vacancies as well. [...] [...] Throughout 2006, FEMA had reported that it was just short of reaching its 95% staffing goal, but kept pushing back the goal, eventually dropping it entirely, as it failed time and again to recruit enough people. Like the rest of the Department of Homeland Security, it has been plagued with senior level vacancies as well. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8751 Homeland Security “bottom of the federal barrel” - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:31:45 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8751 [...] Low morale has been a persistent problem at Homeland Security since its creation. [...] [...] Low morale has been a persistent problem at Homeland Security since its creation. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8750 “Nothing is going well” with border agriculture inspections - Homeland Stupidity Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:21:10 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8750 [...] Morale has been an ongoing problem in the Department of Homeland Security, with virtually every agency in the department reporting unusually low morale since the department’s creation in 2003. Comments RSS - Trackback URI [...] [...] Morale has been an ongoing problem in the Department of Homeland Security, with virtually every agency in the department reporting unusually low morale since the department’s creation in 2003. Comments RSS – Trackback URI [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8749 Federal air marshal dress code relaxed - Homeland Stupidity Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:32:07 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8749 [...] Morale within the Federal Air Marshal Service has been extremely low until earlier this year when former head Thomas Quinn resigned. Many marshals had been concerned with Quinn’s restrictive dress code policy and hostile attitude toward whistleblowers, and marshals had been leaving the service much faster than they could be replaced. Federal air marshal Spencer Pickard, who went public in the ABC News reports, said [Thursday] he was gratified the changes were being made. [...] [...] Morale within the Federal Air Marshal Service has been extremely low until earlier this year when former head Thomas Quinn resigned. Many marshals had been concerned with Quinn’s restrictive dress code policy and hostile attitude toward whistleblowers, and marshals had been leaving the service much faster than they could be replaced. Federal air marshal Spencer Pickard, who went public in the ABC News reports, said [Thursday] he was gratified the changes were being made. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8748 Paulison: FEMA ready despite being understaffed - Homeland Stupidity Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:53:33 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8748 [...] Paulison had said in March that he wanted to reach 95 percent of staffing by June 1, but the staffing level has remained around the 85 percent mark since May. [...] [...] Paulison had said in March that he wanted to reach 95 percent of staffing by June 1, but the staffing level has remained around the 85 percent mark since May. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8747 FEMA drops staffing timeline - Homeland Stupidity Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:55:21 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8747 [...] The agency has repeatedly pushed back deadlines it set for itself to meet a 95 percent staffing level, originally setting a mid-May goal, and later pushing that back to June 1, then again to July. [...] [...] The agency has repeatedly pushed back deadlines it set for itself to meet a 95 percent staffing level, originally setting a mid-May goal, and later pushing that back to June 1, then again to July. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8746 Chertoff: We need to keep FEMA - Homeland Stupidity Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:30:17 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8746 [...] “To say Katrina’s lessons learned merely point to a minor personnel problem is like attributing the Black Plague to a few rats,” they said. “On the theory that all essential elements of the national response must be within DHS to function, half of Health and Human Services and large chunks of the Defense Department should be moved into DHS as well.” [...] [...] “To say Katrina’s lessons learned merely point to a minor personnel problem is like attributing the Black Plague to a few rats,” they said. “On the theory that all essential elements of the national response must be within DHS to function, half of Health and Human Services and large chunks of the Defense Department should be moved into DHS as well.” [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8745 Homeland Security Architect? - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:05:51 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/23/low-morale-persistent-at-homeland-security/#comment-8745 [...] I guess after losing their chief human capital officer, K. Gregg Prillaman, morale at DHS hasn’t really improved, or the interviewer might have laughed. [...] [...] I guess after losing their chief human capital officer, K. Gregg Prillaman, morale at DHS hasn’t really improved, or the interviewer might have laughed. [...]

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