This came to us by way of Politico's Playbook the other day. And it's a jaw dropping peak into the workings of a government agency when no one is watching, except the ones afraid to speak out.
At WaPo, it's FEMA personnel chief harassed women, hired some as possible sexual partners for male employees, agency’s leader says. Excerpt:
In an interview, [FEMA Administrator William “Brock”] Long described a “toxic” environment in the human resources department under [Corey] Coleman at FEMA headquarters. Starting in 2015, investigators said, Coleman hired many men who were friends and college fraternity brothers and women he met at bars and on online dating sites. He then promoted some of them to roles throughout the agency without going through proper federal hiring channels.
Coleman then transferred some of the women in and out of departments, some to regional offices, so his friends could try to have sexual relationships with them, according to employees’ statements during interviews with investigators.
Astonishing. Mr. Coleman seemed quite comfortable with the system he set up. And that is reason to believe it wasn't an isolated situation. One has to wonder how widespread this sort of corruption is within government agencies.
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10:48 AM 8/1/2018
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