This May Be The Worst Abuse of Federal Telework Ever

Government Executive: A unit within the Patent and Trademark Office is on the hot seat after an inspector general reported that 19 paralegals over a four-year period were given so little work that they passed the time catching up on personal chores.

Supervisors at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board looked the other way as the workers booked their hours under a special billing code labeled “other time,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department inspector general.

Government Executive: A unit within the Patent and Trademark Office is on the hot seat after an inspector general reported that 19 paralegals over a four-year period were given so little work that they passed the time catching up on personal chores.
Supervisors at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board looked the other way as the workers booked their hours under a special billing code labeled “other time,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department inspector general.

Government Executive: A unit within the Patent and Trademark Office is on the hot seat after an inspector general reported that 19 paralegals over a four-year period were given so little work that they passed the time catching up on personal chores.

Supervisors at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board looked the other way as the workers booked their hours under a special billing code labeled “other time,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department inspector general.

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