Neffenger's last days?
May 23, 2016, 4:05 pm
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Neffenger's last days?
Neffenger's last days?
STEPHANOPOULOS: Replace the administrator?
ROYCE: Well, I think we have to have better results at TSA and I think most of the audits show that there are management problems there.
ROYCE: Well, I think we have to have better results at TSA and I think most of the audits show that there are management problems there.
May 23, 2016, 4:18 pm
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I suppose folks could huff and puff and get Neffenger pushed aside, but then anyone else appointed to the job will have, at most, six months to do anything. Given the massive bureaucracy that TSA is, and how completely ineffectual previous administrators have been at making cultural change even with years in office, I'm not sure what getting Neffenger fired would accomplish.
Heck, by the time a new administrator could be confirmed, the summer travel season would be over, and those long lines (see, back on topic
) will have simply disappeared.
May 23, 2016, 4:31 pm
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Well, yes, but ... more likely because, as a political appointee, he's out of a job as of 20 January 2017.
I suppose folks could huff and puff and get Neffenger pushed aside, but then anyone else appointed to the job will have, at most, six months to do anything. Given the massive bureaucracy that TSA is, and how completely ineffectual previous administrators have been at making cultural change even with years in office, I'm not sure what getting Neffenger fired would accomplish.
Heck, by the time a new administrator could be confirmed, the summer travel season would be over, and those long lines (see, back on topic ) will have simply disappeared.
I suppose folks could huff and puff and get Neffenger pushed aside, but then anyone else appointed to the job will have, at most, six months to do anything. Given the massive bureaucracy that TSA is, and how completely ineffectual previous administrators have been at making cultural change even with years in office, I'm not sure what getting Neffenger fired would accomplish.
Heck, by the time a new administrator could be confirmed, the summer travel season would be over, and those long lines (see, back on topic
) will have simply disappeared.Not saying Neffenger hasn't caused these latest issues but he may be fighting the establish TSA insiders. I also think Neffenger has called for tightened screening methods (i.e., New Crotch Grope) that is the primary cause of current delays and long lines.
I don't believe for a second that Pre Check will cure what ails TSA.
May 23, 2016, 7:26 pm
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We keep hearing how hard it is to fire incompetent upper level managers and employees.
It is not that difficult to give someone bad reviews when deserved, to deny them merit raises, promotions and bonuses. Sooner or later, some of them will 'self-deport' to greener pastures.
It is not that difficult to give someone bad reviews when deserved, to deny them merit raises, promotions and bonuses. Sooner or later, some of them will 'self-deport' to greener pastures.
May 23, 2016, 7:32 pm
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How long he will be last? He had 6 months to fix the problems. Hiring more screeners. If he don't. He could get a real big trouble. He could be fired from TSA administrator. He won't have a chance. He got too much trouble. He never had any security aviation experience before.
May 23, 2016, 7:43 pm
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The entrenched senior TSA staff can undermine and sabotage anything Neffenger or any other Administrator works for. It takes time to ferret out the resistance and even harder to fire SES level government employees.
Not saying Neffenger hasn't caused these latest issues but he may be fighting the establish TSA insiders. I also think Neffenger has called for tightened screening methods (i.e., New Crotch Grope) that is the primary cause of current delays and long lines.
I don't believe for a second that Pre Check will cure what ails TSA.
Not saying Neffenger hasn't caused these latest issues but he may be fighting the establish TSA insiders. I also think Neffenger has called for tightened screening methods (i.e., New Crotch Grope) that is the primary cause of current delays and long lines.
I don't believe for a second that Pre Check will cure what ails TSA.
May 23, 2016, 7:48 pm
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He had the full authority to exercise the "120 day rule" following his swearing in and clean house but he didn't do it. I've got no sympathy for him. The only way to continue to show my disgust at everything TSA, DHS, and Patriot Act (other than in the polling place) is to not spend a discretionary dime on air travel.
May 23, 2016, 7:52 pm
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He basically ignored this rule. It basically says that a new political appointee agency head can reassign or terminate any political or career SES in his or her agency for no reason within the first 120 days of his or her tenure. Neffy had the opportunity to clean house and he didn't take action.
May 23, 2016, 8:23 pm
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He thought it was an easy ride until retirement/end of Obama's term. Unfortunately for him, others saw what a weak, AWOL leader he is and decided to push their own agendas.
May 23, 2016, 8:34 pm
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May 23, 2016, 8:37 pm
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He basically ignored this rule. It basically says that a new political appointee agency head can reassign or terminate any political or career SES in his or her agency for no reason within the first 120 days of his or her tenure. Neffy had the opportunity to clean house and he didn't take action.
No, actually, president Obama who will fires Peter Neffenger, but not Jeh Johnson.
May 23, 2016, 9:52 pm
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Well, yes, but ... more likely because, as a political appointee, he's out of a job as of 20 January 2017.
I suppose folks could huff and puff and get Neffenger pushed aside, but then anyone else appointed to the job will have, at most, six months to do anything. Given the massive bureaucracy that TSA is, and how completely ineffectual previous administrators have been at making cultural change even with years in office, I'm not sure what getting Neffenger fired would accomplish.
Heck, by the time a new administrator could be confirmed, the summer travel season would be over, and those long lines (see, back on topic ) will have simply disappeared.
I suppose folks could huff and puff and get Neffenger pushed aside, but then anyone else appointed to the job will have, at most, six months to do anything. Given the massive bureaucracy that TSA is, and how completely ineffectual previous administrators have been at making cultural change even with years in office, I'm not sure what getting Neffenger fired would accomplish.
Heck, by the time a new administrator could be confirmed, the summer travel season would be over, and those long lines (see, back on topic
) will have simply disappeared.
May 23, 2016, 10:06 pm
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yup, a government agency.