Top TSA Officials in Cheating Scandal Also Ran Private Consulting Firm
DHS/TSA/FAMS are classic example of how not to stand up a business that is responsible for security. I imagine this will be reflected in text books and be case studies at World Class Management Schools.
Can I say maladministration, corruption are systemic from one major factor cronyism! If you’re a crony you can be incompetent and it is okay and is often referred to as the Peter Principle. What are your manager’s formal qualifications? What are your mangers experiences or from whom did they acquire the experience. Most of this came from a dysfunctional organization such as the Secret Service, at a time most managers in TSA entered service that they entered the federal service when free thinking and a good education was not required but looked negatively against. If you drew a chart of whom knows who, it would look much like a spider web as most senior mangers in organizations are interconnected with each other and this than flows on from the micro level of the agency to the macro picture of the department as well.
I will say that when the FAMS extended from the 33 individuals they had on board at 9/11 to post 9/11 levels, offices quickly got leased not based on threats or the hub system but whom in the network of cronyism wanted to work at what locations. Can I say if the system was designed to meet threat on threat analysis terms the system would be designed with more field offices and smaller staffing levels at many! This would prove more cost efficient and effective in meeting the threat and the argument of cutting out overnight flights a few years ago would have not occurred. Fiscal responsibility, is this term out of the window? Many methods are available to improve the services and the nations security within DHS whilst being cost neutral, but the level of incompetence’s continue to rise to the top. It was amazing the reshuffle from temporary positions to permanent positions within the FAMS.
If you think congressional mandates are meeting legislative requirements and facilities that will cause catastrophe like affects for the country are safe against aircraft being used as a projectile against major targets think again. Isn’t it funny the OSC in their reports acknowledged that the FAMS skewed their statistics but its okay, basically because no incident happened!
Maybe agencies like DHS/TSA/FAMS need accountability from outside (congress) since when insiders attempt to be honest with senior management they are targeted, threatened and eventually labeled a Whistleblower instead of being acknowledged as a dedicated employee concerned with their organizational mission and given the label of a patriot as they are!
