That’s pretty much sop for all federal employees, and has been for several years now. No commitment to diversity, no promotion.
This is still going on.
Secretary Zinke needs to appoint a chief ranger for the National Park Service.
The NPS needs to be audited from top to bottom.
Check this out: thousands of dollars from a partner organization were funneled to a professional baseball team in the name of reaching underserved audiences!
https://www.nps.gov/resources/2016.htm?id=ADA6966B-1DD8-B71B-0B0D8BC8DC264DA8
Obama-era hires are still promoting last administration’s agenda.
It is very discouraging that nothing visible is being done to correct the discrimination that took place over the last 8 years. Affirmative Action and racial quotas are still in place, while back doors and loopholes remain wide open so less qualified candidates can be selected non-competitively over more qualified individuals.
Until president Trump’s nominees are approved, some agencies and offices will continue to operate as zombie agencies, enforcing Obama era HR initiatives until specifically told to cease.
For example, last year a friend of mine was ordered to write an essay on climate change in order to qualify for a job at a Federal Civil War memorial site.
Another Civil War battlefield lapsed the position of park historian in favor of adding a park environmental specialist.
Education specialists, social media specialists, environmental specialists, and etc. have replaced park rangers on organizational charts, meaning there are less people to handle visitor services and visitor safety.
Fed agencies must be depoliticized after 8 years of the last administration.