Why arent you actually firing these people instead of preparing to fire these people . Heres what he said. As the new secretary of the v. A. , why would i want to take a long period of time to get this done . Its not in my interest, its not in the veterans interest, and its not in the interest of the members of congress. The secretary said hes hamstrung by the rules of the federal government and labor laws that surround it, randi, still a lot of criticism coming to this new secretary because hes been on on the job a while now and we still have these people in phoenix who are on administrative leave, basically paid vacation. In pittsburgh who were involved with the scandal there who are still being paid and not too many being fired. In fact, the really upper ranks who have been responsible for this have quietly been retired with all benefits. So there is criticism here, but the secretary says hes going to get that change turned around and it was all part of his plan, the road to veteran
Retir retirees, this includes their Social Security numbers. So this is pretty sensitive stuff. So now theyre going to have to get credit monitoring paid for by the u. S. Postal service. Customers can start calling around to see if their data has been affected and what they need to do for help. Evan, at this early stage, any idea who might be behind this breach . Not yet. The fbi and Homeland Security looking at this, also the postal inspectors are investigating this and i dont think theyve pinned it down yet. They were working over the weekend to try to fix the breach and try to make sure that more information was not compromised. Were told that they might have to take down some of the web sites while theyre doing some of that work. Again, 2. 9 million postal customers, some 750,000 employees and retirees being affected by this breach. Evan perez, thanks so much far. Breaking news left and right at this hour over the last few days. Is it chilly in here . If it isnt here or where you a
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