Could have figured this out - get a cadre of cronies running things and the administrative abilities fall apart.
From The Washington Post:
Top-level turnover makes it harder for DHS to stay on top of evolving threats
An exodus of top-level officials from the Department of Homeland Security is undercutting the agency’s ability to stay ahead of a range of emerging threats, including potential terrorist strikes and cyberattacks, according to interviews with current and former officials.
Over the past four years, employees have left DHS at a rate nearly twice as fast as in the federal government overall, and the trend is accelerating, according to a review of a federal database.
The departures are a result of what employees widely describe as a dysfunctional work environment, abysmal morale, and the lure of private security companies paying top dollar that have proliferated in Washington since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The department’s terrorism intelligence arm, for example, has cycled through six directors during the Obama administration, decimating morale and contributing to months-long delays in releasing intelligence reports, according to interviews and government reports.
Six directors in six years? I may not be a big-time CEO (and would refuse the job if it were offered with the exception of a few companies) but I know how to run a business and have a track record that backs me up. This is downright juvenile. We need some adults in the room STAT!
More:
With the country facing a crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the southwest border in recent months, the pair of DHS agencies responsible for tackling this problem have been hindered by turnover of top officials. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for instance, has had six commissioners under President Obama, four of them in a caretaker role because they were not confirmed by the Senate.
And at the Transportation Security Administration, a DHS agency created after 9/11 to enhance airport security, the hemorrhaging of both senior and junior personnel has “had a tremendous effect,’’ said Kenneth Kasprisin, a former acting TSA head who left the agency in May.
And this was a crisis that this current administration fully manufactured and put into place. The problem started happening in spring. The Federal Government was publicly advertising for shoes, caretakers, housing, etc... in January.
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