GOP report: TSA hasn’t improved aviation security
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 17th, 2011 5:34 am by HL
GOP report: TSA hasn’t improved aviation security
After a $56 billion federal investment in airline security, flying is no safer than it was before the Sept. 11, 2011, attacks and the bare hands of passengers might be the best defense once a terrorist gets on board, two members of Congress said Wednesday.
Deriding the Transportation Security Administration as a bloated bureaucracy that recruits security personnel with ads on gas pumps and pizza boxes, the two House Republicans said it needed to undergo almost a dozen reforms.
Report shows federal workers are increasingly dreary about their jobs
The damp and dreary day on Wednesday was a good setting for the public release of a report that shows federal workers are increasingly dreary about their jobs.
“Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” produced by the Partnership for Public Service, shows declining job satisfaction, and that includes the pay blues. That’s not good news for Uncle Sam’s efforts to recruit and retain talent.