WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from an independent government investigator says employees from six Homeland Security Department offices have abused an overtime program and cost the government about $8.7 million a year.
The head of the Office of Special Counsel, Carolyn Lerner, told President Barack Obama and lawmakers in a letter sent Thursday that whistle-blowers alerted Lerner’s office to the abuses.
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