Whoa! What? Hold on a min. Obama holdovers get paid while others go without? what makes them special? Was it just an oops? Or what?
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Exclusive: Agency Run By Obama Holdovers Reportedly Paid Staff Despite Not Having Money During Shutdown https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/11/chemical-safety-board-shutdown/ … via @dailycaller
EXCLUSIVE: AGENCY RUN BY OBAMA HOLDOVERS REPORTEDLY PAID STAFF DESPITE NOT HAVING MONEY DURING SHUTDOWN
Employees at a federal agency run by Obama holdovers received paychecks Friday despite having no federal money appropriated to do so, according emails obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Staff at the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) received an email Friday morning explaining that they had all received paychecks deposited into their bank accounts by mistake. CSB officials are working with the Interior Business Center (IBC), a federal shared services provider that handles payroll for dozens of agencies, to correct the mistake. (RELATED: Exclusive: ‘This Place Is So Toxic’: Chemical Safety Board Employees Berate Management Over Secrecy)
“Folks, if you check your bank account this morning, you are likely to find that you were paid. As I reported to you last night, IBC made an error in processing the payroll for Pay Period 1 and no staff, furloughed or exempt, should have been paid. PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE FUNDS. We are working with IBC to determine how to remedy this situation and it is best if you don’t access the funds,” an email, sent staff-wide from a generic agency account, said.
The email was sent by Thomas Zoeller, the CSB’s senior adviser and acting general counsel, according to a source familiar with the payroll error.
During a government shutdown, federal employees fall into one of three categories that determine whether employees are furloughed, working but not receiving pay or working and getting regular paychecks. Officials at the CSB entered a wrong code into the IBC system, classifying the agency’s workers at “exempt,” or working and receiving pay. The CSB was supposed to be categorized as “excepted,” which is working without receiving pay while the federal government is shut down, an official with the Interior department, which oversees the IBC, told TheDCNF.
The classification error has been corrected and most of the money returned. Four CSB employees still have their errant paychecks, though, because of banking procedures. The CSB and IBC is working with the Treasury department and the banks to return that money, as well, the Interior official said.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/11/chemical-safety-board-shutdown/