Abstract Now that the Department of Defense has permitted the use of social media for both private and official purposes, the question becomes, can the military, the Army in particular, obtain the benefits sought from social media use without seriously compromising individual and operations security? Answering this question required an initial assessment of Army goals and objectives to determine why the Army risked the use of social media, which revealed two reasons immediately. First, the Army needed social media to communicate its inform and influence activities more effectively. Second, social media was the primary means by which soldiers maintained contact…
Author: John Greenewald
Background This management alert presents the results of our review of ______ International Mail Operations ________ International Service Center (Project Number 16RG016MS003). Are are issuing this alert to facilitate immediate corrective actions _________________________________________. These issues present __________________ concerns to the U.S. Postal Service, _________________________. The Investigation USPS Investigation: Management Alert – Inbound International Mail Operations – [Redacted] International Service Center, September 28, 2016 [12 Pages, 2.1MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ig/MS-MT-16-004.pdf
Background The U.S. Office of Government Ethics, established by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, provides overall leadership and oversight of the executive branch ethics program designed to prevent and resolve conflicts of interest. OGE’s mission is part of the very foundation of public service. The first principle in the Fourteen Principles of Public Service is, “public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws and ethical principles above private gain.” Public servants are expected to make impartial decisions based on the interests of the public when performing their job duties. The…
Background The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s narcotics program is intended to protect U.S. Postal Service employees at nearly 32,000 facilities from the dangers of handling packages containing illegal narcotics and ensuring public trust in the mail. The Postal Inspection Service conducts investigations of individuals attempting to use the mail for drug trafficking. In fiscal year 2015, the Postal Inspection Service seized about 34,000 pounds of marijuana from the mailstream. We initiated this audit to address allegations regarding postal employees’ handling of packages suspected of containing marijuana at seven post offices in the Capital Metro, Great Lakes, Pacific, and Western areas.…
Summary Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reporting reveals a possible emerging trend in trafficking narcotics across the Southwest Border (SWB) through the use of state-approved “medical marijuana”1 card holders. Single source reporting indicates that Mexico-based drug traffickers use individuals with state-approved medical marijuana cards who drive decoy cars with the smell of marijuana to distract U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents, while secondary vehicles concealing large narcotic shipments pass through the port-of-entry or checkpoint unnoticed. Significance Although the use of decoy vehicles while traveling through SWB checkpoints is a well-known smuggling tactic, the use of medical marijuana card holders represents the possibility…