Two years ago, Obama proudly appointed Katherine Archuleta to be his director of the Office of Personnel Management and Budget as the first Latina to hold that position. It was said that she shared his vision for diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce and will help “create more effective policymaking and better decision-making …”
Obama crony appointee Katherine Archuleta resigned as director of the Office of Personnel Management and Budget after ignoring years of warnings by the IG. (washingtontimes.com)
Unfortunately, she didn’t have the expertise to run the 5,000-person department, even when OPM’s inspector general had issued warnings of outdated security policies and procedures in 2009, 2012 and again last year.
One day she had the president’s “full confidence.” The next day, she resigned “of her own volition.”
How could she ignore the guidance handed to her by the IG? The result? Personal data on some 22 million government workers was hacked, presumably by the Chinese.
Well, you might start by looking at her credentials. She had previously served as the national political director for Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, a position conveniently left off her official OPM biography.
“When I am president, the days of dysfunction and cronyism in Washington will be over.” – Barack Obama, 2008
Of course, we all remember the dysfunction in the State Department as result of the appointment of Hillary Clinton. She, too, failed to act on warnings handed to her.
The cronyism continues. This past week the president has instructed another Hispanic appointee, Julian Castro, director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to issue a new rule called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, designed to force communities to diversify.
It’s probably a progressive scheme left over from Obama’s “to do” list when he was the community organizer in Chicago.
Personally, I have no problem with a president who appoints campaign supporters to positions in the administration, but the individual should at least be qualified to handle the assignment.
The OPM IG handed Archuleta five years of his findings on the inadequate computer network in her department, and she didn’t have the faintest idea how to fix it. It’s disgraceful.
“(Archuleta) is very mature, well-balanced in her thinking … and someone who has dealt with many complex issues over decades,” -Frederico Pena, commenting on Archuleta’s appointment in 2013.
