Obama Appointees REFUSING To Leave no Matter Who Becomes President

[easyt65]

How does a President ensure everything he did is not erased once he leaves office, that his 'legacy' will still be felt and 'live on'? By making / converting appointment positions 'career' positions backed by unions that make it difficult for them to be fired.

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"Seventeen political Obama appointments across eight different agencies converted to career positions without receiving the required Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approval.

After President Obama leaves the White House on Jan. 20, 2017, over 4,000 of his political appointees also vacate their government offices as well. Federal employees prepare for new administrations by converting some of the outgoing White House’s political appointees to permanent career civil servants.

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had the most unapproved political to career conversions with six, followed by Health and Human Services (HHS) with three, and the Department of Energy (DOE) with two."

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These Obama appointees did not go through the required process, though. So how are their conversions and staying being justified?

"These conversions aren’t illegal so to speak, but they do require prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management. As part of that process you’re supposed to be able to demonstrate why the individual is relatively indispensable compared to some other routine applicant or how the agency’s mission would be harmed by losing them. In this case, the agencies are defending the decisions by saying that personnel had trouble understanding OPM’s policy for the approval process."


So the Obama administration's attempted justification for keeping his appointees in positions they now hold without the proper approval is to argue that they were / are TOO STUPID TPO UNDERSTAND THE APPROVAL PROCESS!




Obama appointees are “burrowing in” for career government positions - Hot Air

 

[TheOldSchool]

11 people

 

[easyt65]

"Just 69 appointees “burrowed in” to their agency from Jan. 1, 2010, to Oct. 1 , 2015, from the 32 federal agencies the Government Accountability Office audited. Most were Schedule C — excepted service, appointed workers who serve at the pleasure of the agency head — and non-career Senior Executive Service employees.

Seventeen of the burrowers did not receive approval from the Office of Personnel Management, GAO found, as is required by law. OPM completed post-appointment reviews for 13 of those cases in which the agency did not notify it of the conversion, and denied the switch in four instances. In four cases it did not review, OPM said the employees were no longer in government."



"There’s a reason that the new broom sweeps clean and we should demand a bit more accountability from the White House during the transition. Granted, it’s not a huge number of positions, but given where they are working these conversions definitely merit a closer look."

 

[easyt65]

11 people

11 stupid people who did not understand the process required to keep their jobs?!

 

[mudwhistle]

How does a President ensure everything he did is not erased once he leaves office, that his 'legacy' will still be felt and 'live on'? By making / converting appointment positions 'career' positions backed by unions that make it difficult for them to be fired.

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"Seventeen political Obama appointments across eight different agencies converted to career positions without receiving the required Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approval.

After President Obama leaves the White House on Jan. 20, 2017, over 4,000 of his political appointees also vacate their government offices as well. Federal employees prepare for new administrations by converting some of the outgoing White House’s political appointees to permanent career civil servants.

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had the most unapproved political to career conversions with six, followed by Health and Human Services (HHS) with three, and the Department of Energy (DOE) with two."

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These Obama appointees did not go through the required process, though. So how are their conversions and staying being justified?

"These conversions aren’t illegal so to speak, but they do require prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management. As part of that process you’re supposed to be able to demonstrate why the individual is relatively indispensable compared to some other routine applicant or how the agency’s mission would be harmed by losing them. In this case, the agencies are defending the decisions by saying that personnel had trouble understanding OPM’s policy for the approval process."


So the Obama administration's attempted justification for keeping his appointees in positions they now hold without the proper approval is to argue that they were / are TOO STUPID TPO UNDERSTAND THE APPROVAL PROCESS!




Obama appointees are “burrowing in” for career government positions - Hot Air

And EO can erase all of this.

It is up to the discretion of the president. None of these positions can be changed to permanent positions if they are political appointments.

 

[TheOldSchool]

11 people

11 stupid people who did not understand the process required to keep their jobs?!

Imagine how butthurt you'd be if it was 12

 

[BluesLegend]

If someone is doing an outstanding job, if they are a high performer then I don't give a shit if Obama hired them. Good for Obama hopefully he hired a lot of top people that's in the country's best interest. Hillary might replace someone like that for purely political reasons but a business person like Trump won't.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

No one obumble appointed could possibly do a good job. The only reason why they would be in that position is to sabotage a subsequent president. They have to go.