Showing posts with label mismanagement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mismanagement. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Former top US food safety official says US mismanagement of cyclospora is approaching ‘a catastrophic level’

“This one deserves a lot of questions, and it is starting to approach a catastrophic level in terms of how mismanaged it’s been on multiple fronts,” Yiannas told Politico. 

Yiannas said there has been widespread public confusion about cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, also known as cyclospora, that can cause explosive diarrhea. This has been compounded by a “lack of strong federal leadership” and mixed messages from federal agencies, he added... 

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/former-trump-administration-food-safety-official-federal-response-cyclospora


 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says

The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country's social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access. 

"These actions constitute violations of laws, rules, and regulations, abuse of authority, gross mismanagement, and creation of a substantial and specific threat to public health and safety," the complaint states...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/doge-social-security-elon-musk


 

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Federal agencies like HHS and USDA reverse some layoffs : NPR

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."…

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Top Trump Media Execs Ousted as CEO Devin Nunes Faces Mismanagement Allegations — ProPublica

Former President Donald Trump's media company has forced out executives in recent days after internal allegations that its CEO, former Rep. Devin Nunes, is mismanaging the company, according to interviews and records of communications among former employees...

Friday, September 4, 2020

Ex-NRA insider speaks out: Gun owners should be 'horrified' by what I saw - ABC News

A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book that accuses its leaders of decades worth of mismanagement and fraud that he says has left the organization in a state of financial and moral disarray. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nra-insider-speaks-gun-owners-horrified/story


Saturday, July 25, 2020

Opinion | Judy Shelton shows Trump knows he's losing and wants to salt the earth for Biden - The Washington Post

How can you tell President Trump thinks he’s going to lose in November? Because he has already begun salting the earth behind him. And his fellow Republicans are helping by sabotaging key institutions that the next (presumably Democratic) president will inherit. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-knows-hes-going-to-lose-hes-already-salting-the-earth-behind-him/2020/07/23/9a506016-cce5-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

Saturday, April 4, 2020

GOP senator calls for investigation into 'mismanagement' of strategic ventilators | TheHill

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) is requesting an investigation into reports of "mismanagement" of ventilators in the Strategic National Stockpile amid growing demand for the equipment as the coronavirus spreads across the country. Gardner sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, noting that the stockpile is, under federal law, supposed to allow the federal government to support states in a public health emergency. ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/490992-gop-senator-calls-for-investigation-into-mismanagement-of-strategic








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