now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. widespread misconduct seems to be an understatement for the census office that s responsible for hiring and doing background checks on employees. the inspector general found quite a list of abuses. 40 current and former employees lied on their time sheets and were paid for nearly 2400 full eight-hour days while doing little or nothing over a four-year period, cover thing taxpayers more than $1 million. employees actively tried to impede the investigation through intimidation. an announcement was made to the entire office that anyone who spoke with the i.g. was a coward and a chicken blank. some officials also lied to investigators which is a federal crime. not done yet. one employee had a sexual interaction with a census