Trumps nominees are already working despite not being confirmed by the senate

[deminks]

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trumps-nominees-are-already-working-despite-not-being-confirmed-by-the-senate-and-it-might-be-illegal/#.WerM7UgNwuE.twitter

Several of President Donald Trump’s unconfirmed nominees may be breaking the law by working at their proposed government agencies before the Senate has confirmed them.

The four officials showing up to work at three different agencies—the State Department, the Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency—appear to be skirting the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, POLITICO reported on Friday.

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Trump in July nominated Michael Dourson to head the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention—and Dourson is already working as an adviser to Pruitt on chemicals, E&E News reported on Wednesday.

(snip)

In May, Trump nominated Susan Bodine to head up the EPA’s enforcement office, and she also is already working there as an adviser to Pruitt on those issues.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/20/trump-nominees-working-senate-approval-243972

[annabanana]

1. Don't they need valid ID to get into the government buildings?

Who's giving it to them. I'd slam the doors in their faces.

[democratisphere]

2. Such are the workings of an authoritarian regime.

[Angry Dragon]

3. breaking the law ............. LOCK THEM UP

[onenote]

4. I think this actually was authorized by OMB before inauguration day

http://m.govexec.com/management/2017/01/trump-nominees-can-serve-ses-roles-agencies-they-await-confirmation/134479/

[gristy]

5. what is that link?

m.govexec.com?

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Government Executive magazine, mobile edition

from January 10, 2017. Here is a relevant snip:

The Obama administration has taken some heat from Republicans for implementing last-minute rules and regulations that could hamper President-elect Trump from implementing his agenda, but Obama is giving his successor at least one parting gift: the ability to place nominees into agency positions while they await confirmation.

The Office of Personnel Management announced the authority on Monday, which will enable Trump appointees to serve in temporary Senior Executive Service positions before the Senate votes on their nominations. The appointees would serve in “advisory or consultative capacity.” Beth Cobert, OPM’s acting director, said in a memorandum to all federal agencies that the authority would “support agencies’ transition needs.”

[DK504]

7. I guess the bang up job the FBI has been doing

on security clearances are on the way.

[smirkymonkey]

8. What can be done about this?

Legally. Surely there must be some recourse. This is inexcusable.

We are living in a de facto dictatorship. Do you want to know how Nazi Germany happened? This is how it happened. Nobody stood up.

[BigmanPigman]

9. No rules or laws are applied to this administration.

Who and where are the people and agencies who are supposed to stop this from occurring?