Agencies Don't Know Exactly How Many ‘Special Government Employees’ They Employ

Government Executive: Federal agencies collectively employ more than 1,100 full-time high-level temps called “special government employees.” But counts of SGEs are not always reliable, according to a report released on Monday by the Government Accountability Office.

As a result, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who requested the report, agencies are at increased risk of running into conflicts of interest. Both Congress and the Office of Government Ethics should address that risk, the senator said.

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