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Whistleblowers’
information claiming misuse of administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) by
some of Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) border patrol agents is
confirmed, according to four Department of Homeland Security Office Inspector
General reports.
The Office of Special Counsel referred
numerous whistleblower disclosures to DHS, alleging widespread misuse of AUO
within CBP. AUO, which supplements recipients’ pay by as much as 25% annually,
is meant for employees who are often required to work unpredictable overtime
that cannot be controlled.
DHS OIG
convened a multidisciplinary taskforce to evaluate allegations of AUO misuse in
CBP’s Ysleta Border Patrol Station (OIG 15-07), National Targeting Center (OIG
15-11), Border Patrol Headquarters (OIG 14-144), and in several Border Patrol sectors
where agents served as CrossFit Instructors (OIG 15-20)...Read More
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OIG 15-20 Evaluation of Alleged
AUO Misuse by U.S. Border Patrol Agents Engaged as CrossFit Instructors
OIG 15-11 Evaluation of Alleged
AUO Misuse at U.S. Customs and Border Protection's National Targeting Center
OIG 15-07 Evaluation of Alleged
AUO Misuse at U.S. Border Patrol, Ysleta Station
OIG 14-144 Evaluation of
Alleged AUO Misuse at U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters
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