Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has written to the Office of Special Counsel to look into the hiring of Leandra English at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Johnson said in a letter to the office that the Office of Personnel Management hastily approved” English’s conversion from a political appointee to a career position with the CFPB and that this might have been done outside of competitive hiring practices.
That conversion, also known as burrowing, “threatens to undermine the merit-based principals” of civil service, Johnson wrote. Read on for more.
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