CNN: Homeland Security ON HOLD!! (Holy Crap! Crazy INCOMPETENCE!) [View All]

Homeland Security suspends some hiring

From Mike M. Ahlers
CNN Washington Bureau
Friday, March 26, 2004 Posted: 2:37 PM EST (1937 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security has temporarily stopped hiring employees for two of its main divisions as it seeks to find out if it is facing a large budget shortfall or simply having problems reconciling the books after the largest government merger in history.

Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary of border and transportation security, ordered what's being characterized as the "temporary hold on new hires" Tuesday, a DHS spokesman said.

The hold applies to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which has about 40,000 employees, and to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has about 20,000.

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