Some federal workers have fake degrees

MSNBC ^ | May 11, 2004 | The Associated Press

[Mo1]

GAO says dozens of employees have bogus diplomas

WASHINGTON - At least 28 senior-level federal employees in eight agencies have bogus college degrees, including three managers at the office that oversees nuclear weapons safety, congressional investigators have found.

[Tacis]

In order to squander more tax money, incompetent federal employees hire ever more federal employees paying them far more than they could possibly earn on a real job and with benefits and job security beyond belief.

One way to get even more money is to obtain an additional degree. It is automatic, no matter how little work a federal employee does or how poorly, an additional degree means the government is willing to pay more.

All federal employees know that the nature of the work stays the same, so the additional money is illogical, even to them. Therefore, the objective is to claim an additional degree so you can claim the additional money. Easy-peasy!

[Sloth]

I think that was meant for AppyPappy.

[Mo1]

why weren't the school accredations checked before reimbursing tuition?

Good question

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[onyx]

OMG!
Fake degrees?
Government workers?
No vetting before hiring?
Oh, that's right, can't ask intrusive questions.

[Peter vE]

"I'm shocked, shocked, I say to find false qualifications here!" "Your earnings, sir." (With apologies to the entire crew of Casablanca.)

[Mo1]

Oh, that's right, can't ask intrusive questions.

Don't want to hurt anyone's feeling now do we

[onyx]

This is really something.
I am not surprised, but I am angered.
No vetting.
Must be a "who you know" thang.
Like welfare breeds welfare,
I bet government workers breed government workers.

[Truthfairy]

Nothing here but the market at work. Employers demand unnecessary credentials; the market answers with appropriate degrees.

[tortoise]

Back when I worked for the DoD many years ago, it turned out that one of the senior managers at the agency I worked for had outstanding felony warrants for embezzlement or some such. The point being, they didn't catch this when they did the background check for the security clearance when they hired him.

So for a couple years, they basically had a fugitive working as senior DoD management. Talk about embarrassing...

[WhiteGuy]

Our tax dollars at work!

[cajun-jack]

using the word "worker" after the word "goobermint" is also fake....they should use the term "goobermint empolyee" or "goobermint receipient of taxpayerfunds"

[Centurion2000]

bump

I'd be more interested to see the workers efficiency reports.

[GOPcapitalist]

Looks like the Shirley DeLibero method of career advancement has taken root in the feds. Let's just hope that, unlike Metro, Congress won't respond to this knowledge by giving these people a pay raise.

[GOPcapitalist]

This has truly become a problem in recent years, especially with foreign-registered degree mills and degree mills that have similar-sounding names to real schools. The local TV station had a clip tonight about a degree mill with a similar sounding name to a well known university (it only had a single letter's difference) in Washington, DC. The degree mill was also located in the district out of a Pennsylvania Avenue address but when the camera crews went there it was an empty building with a mailbox.

Sadly, some of the worst of these things pose as "theological" schools and "seminaries" that grant all sorts of fraudulent "ordinations" to anybody who wants to be like Jesse Jackson and call him or herself "The Reverend." Go online and for $100 they'll make you "The Reverend" so and so. Give em $500 and they'll make you a bishop. Heck, ask into it and I'm sure that for $1,000 some of these places would send a certificate naming you pope.