2 workers at federal cafeterias suspended for reasons unclear

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06193/705150-85.stm

Two cafeteria workers who work in federal buildings Downtown have been suspended from their jobs after failing to pass background checks administered by the Department of Homeland Security.

The two women, who have a combined 44 years working in the cafeterias of the U.S. Courthouse and William Moorhead Federal Building, Downtown, were placed on administrative leave with pay last week.

The General Services Administration, which manages both buildings, requires all of its contracted vendors to have the checks done on their employees every five years.

This year, when Judy Miller, a cashier in the courthouse cafeteria, and Mary Broughton, a cook in the federal building, filled out their forms and had their fingerprints taken, something didn't check out.

[redirish28]

1. Watch this turns out to be the diversion from the Rove Leak story.

[RamboLiberal]

2. Nah - more a local story - but just showing how silly the DHS

is. Yeah, I bet these ladies are real evildoers that are going to blow up the cafeteria with their lethal bean soup!

[Virginian]

6. Sombody probably transposed the SSN when running the

background check.

[Az_lefty]

3. Probably posted something on DU n/t

:shrug:

[gratuitous]

4. So THAT's where Judith Miller went!

Can't say that I'd put her in charge of the cash register, but everybody's got a living to make.

[damntexdem]

5. Meanwhile, the cafeteria workers are on leave with pay --

hey, unexpected vacations!