An “Astounding” Problem – DHS Civil Service and Contractors
Amidst the news today are reports that DHS employs more contractors than career civil servants. Lawmakers, notably Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), have described this situation as "unacceptable, untenable and unsustainable." The other...
DetailsCalling Obama’s Cards – TSA and Collective Bargaining Rights
Yesterday’s actions by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) to represent TSA’s 40,000 screeners has upped the ante in the high stakes poker game the Obama Administration seems to have avoided playing. On one side of the...
DetailsLessons in Blizzard Resilience – Part II
If you talk to any parent in the National Capital Region, odds are they are at their wits end with having their children stuck at home for nearly a week and a half. After two large snowstorms and a...
DetailsLessons in Blizzard Resilience – Part 1
Like most people of the Mid-Atlantic region, I’ve spent almost a week hunkered down at home with my family watching the piles and piles of global warming stack outside my home. For as unprecedented as this weather pattern has...
DetailsReid Roars But Will He Act?
On Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV) lashed out at Senate Republicans for their on-going procedural holds on a number of the Obama Administration’s nominees for critical positions at the Pentagon, DHS and elsewhere. While the Senate...
DetailsBad News From the Air Marshals
If the last several weeks haven’t been bad enough for the Obama Administration, they are about to get even worse. On Monday night’s CBS Evening News, Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian will profile a number of serious problems at...
DetailsMusical Chairs at House Homeland
Change is in the air at the House Homeland Security Committee. While its Chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), is firmly in place, the people running his Subcommittees are going through a round of musical chairs.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)...
DetailsDHS Cyber and Rodney Dangerfield: Looking for Respect
The late, legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield long complained about getting “no respect.” After attending Wednesday morning’s Government Executive Leadership Series breakfast, “Cyber Security: Who Leads,” DHS may feel like using Rodney’s most memorable line to describe its placement...
DetailsTSA After Southers: Now What?
With the nomination of Erroll Southers to be the next Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now in tatters, the question has to be raised, “Now what?” If we do the forensics on why Southers will remain in...
DetailsDo We Have Your Attention Now? – Google’s Roar to Exit China
Do We Have Your Attention Now? – Google’s Roar to Exit China
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