By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who comprise the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations. Human resources is also the name of the function within an organization charged with the overall responsibility for implementing strategies and policies relating to the management of individuals (i.e. the human resources). This function title is often abbreviated to the initials 'HR'. - Source: Wikipedia
Eight current and former officials in the Justice Management Division of the Justice Department, who advise senior management executives on basic policy for finances, personnel and training, violated federal guidelines and regulations in seeking to hire their own relatives to positions within their offices, a report released Thursday says.
Several Metropolitan Police Department officers have received suspensions on a vote by a three-member police disciplinary panel, known as a trial board, only to be fired by a civilian police official who reports to a uniformed assistant police chief, who answers directly to Chief Cathy L. Lanier.
A D.C. Council committee that hoped to shed light Friday on charges of nepotism in Mayor Vincent C. Gray's hiring practices will have to wait a while longer.
ANNAPOLIS — In the first court opinion of its kind in Maryland, the state Court of Special Appeals ruled yesterday that a local court failed to properly address requirements of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in a child custody case.
