A new watchdog report is sounding the alarm over long-standing vacancies in the Department of Homeland Security.
The report, examining turnover and shifting leadership at the DHS, found"serious management and performance challenges," as well as"serious gaps" in department communication and operations linked to high turnover and vacant leadership positions across the agency over the past year.
Nearly one-third of senior DHS leadership positions have been filed by temporary"acting" officials, as the report points out, including the highest ranks of Homeland Security leadership. Former acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan served for six months without receiving a nomination for Senate confirmation.
Trump has said he doesn't mind his administration leadership serving in"acting" roles because it gives him more"flexibility." The Senate confirmation process for cabinet-level positions does not apply to acting secretaries. "DHS will continue striving to fully address its management and performance challenges, and to build the toughest homeland security enterprise America has ever seen," a liaison for the agency wrote.
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