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07-30-2013, 04:57 PM
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration isn’t consistent in disciplining workers accused of misconduct, penalizing some with little evidence while not imposing minimum sanctions on others, an audit concluded.
Half of workers accused of sleeping on the job received less than the lowest penalty called for by agency policies, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released today. The House Homeland Security Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on how the agency disciplines employees.
TSA agents were accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers in Los Angeles last year. Another officer, later fired, was shown on ABC News denying he had a stolen iPad when its alarm was beeping inside his house. As of last September, the agency had fired 381 employees for stealing since 2003.
“TSA plays fast and loose with its use of recommended penalties for misconduct,” Representative Jeff Duncan, chairman of the Oversight and Management Efficiency Subcommittee, said in a statement. “These findings show why many Americans have lost respect for the agency protecting our airports.”
The agency has stopped short of suspending or firing agents caught sleeping, said Duncan, a South Carolina Republican. TSA has also limited punishment of some officers accused of stealing to a letter of reprimand, he said.
The agency is also failing to review cases of alleged serious misconduct, including allowing people to bypass screening, the GAO said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-30/half-of-sleeping-tsa-workers-get-little-punishment-gao.html
Half of workers accused of sleeping on the job received less than the lowest penalty called for by agency policies, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released today. The House Homeland Security Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on how the agency disciplines employees.
TSA agents were accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers in Los Angeles last year. Another officer, later fired, was shown on ABC News denying he had a stolen iPad when its alarm was beeping inside his house. As of last September, the agency had fired 381 employees for stealing since 2003.
“TSA plays fast and loose with its use of recommended penalties for misconduct,” Representative Jeff Duncan, chairman of the Oversight and Management Efficiency Subcommittee, said in a statement. “These findings show why many Americans have lost respect for the agency protecting our airports.”
The agency has stopped short of suspending or firing agents caught sleeping, said Duncan, a South Carolina Republican. TSA has also limited punishment of some officers accused of stealing to a letter of reprimand, he said.
The agency is also failing to review cases of alleged serious misconduct, including allowing people to bypass screening, the GAO said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-30/half-of-sleeping-tsa-workers-get-little-punishment-gao.html