NIKKI HALEY’S SCANDAL-PLAGUED WORKFORCE AGENCY VICTIMIZED BY WEBSITE ATTACK
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – one of Gov. Nikki Haley’s most corrupt, incompetent and inefficient cabinet agencies – was hacked this weekend, its website hijacked by as-yet-unidentified vandals.
“This site was hacked,” a message left by the hackers on the agency’s website read.
First reported [...]
SC Hacked … Again
SCDEW’s Chief Of Staff Steps Down
ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE RESIGNATION AT NIKKI HALEY’S EMBATTLED “JOBS AGENCY”
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) didn’t just lose its top unemployment insurance official last week – the embattled cabinet agency’s second-in-command also stepped down, sources tell FITS.
Retired Colonel Joseph Lowder – chief of staff to SCDEW director Abraham Turner – abruptly resigned his position [...]
SCDEW Error Costs Businesses Additional $9 Million
MORE INCOMPETENCE FROM NIKKI HALEY’S “JOBS” AGENCY
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley may “know the value of a dollar” (23.3 billion of them, actually) … but one of her cabinet agencies is having trouble keeping a calendar.
In fact the inability of bureaucrats at the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce(SCDEW) to correctly calculate their own accounting periods [...]
Unemployment Favor Trading Alleged At SCDEW
STATE LAWMAKERS TWISTING ARMS TO KEEP ILLEGAL JOBLESS BENEFITS FLOWING
Senior administrators at the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) routinely award jobless benefits to people who do not deserve them based on pressure from state lawmakers, sources within the agency tell FITS. In fact a top official at the agency was recently fired for [...]
Government Growth Fuels SC Unemployment Decline
PRIVATE SECTOR STILL SHEDDING JOBS
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell sharply in September – dropping from 9.6 percent to 9.1 percent – according to statistics from the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW). That’s the largest single-month drop since 1983, agency director Abraham Turner says.
The Palmetto State also saw a modest uptick in the size [...]
SCDEW Announces Restructuring Plan
Will impact approximately 136 employees and take place in two phases beginning in October
In a move to align its personnel to better reflect workforce service needs due to the elimination of federal funding for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB) programs, the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) today announced that [...]
SC Jobless Agency To Lay Off Workers
ISN’T IT IRONIC … DON’T YA THINK?
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) is laying off fifty-five employees this week, sources at the agency tell FITS. Now … are these the same employees who haven’t been answering their phones? No clue … the agency’s public relations office never returns our calls.
Again … ironic, isn’t [...]
It’s A Great Day … To Get Sent To Voicemail
NIKKI HALEY’S “JOBS” AGENCY WON’T PICK UP THE PHONE
South Carolina’s “jobs” agency has been literally one disaster after another since S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley took over.
Need a refresher on this rampant incompetence? Click here. Need a refresher on how the agency’s leadership is “addressing” these issues? Click here … and here.
By any measure, Haley’s S.C. [...]
“Doors To Nowhere” In Nikki Haley’s Cabinet
“JOBS” EXECUTIVE SCRAPS PLAN FOR COSTLY DOOR
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley may claim to “know the value of a dollar,” but her cabinet agencies clearly don’t …
In fact one of the top executives at Haley’s so-called “jobs” agency allegedly spent $5,000 on a door to nowhere. Or to be more precise, he instructed his agency to [...]
SC Jobless Agency Director Involved In Motorcycle Crash
TALK ABOUT A METAPHOR …
Abraham Turner – director of the scandal-scarred S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – will be sidelined for an unspecified period of time after he was involved in a recent motorcycle accident.
When and where did the accident occur? Were any other vehicles involved? Was Turner responsible?
It’s not clear at this [...]
“Operation Payback” Drains SC Businesses, Taxpayers
$106 MILLION PAID TO STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT DEBT
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s scandal-plagued “jobs” agency is repaying $106 million of its debt to the federal government – leaving a remaining balance of $676 million. Incidentally, that repayment is only $20 million more than the state typically doles out in erroneous benefits.
Between July 2010 and June 2011, a [...]
Scandal-Plagued SC Agency Hits The Links
“IT’S A GREAT DAY IN SC …” (FOR NIKKI HALEY’S CABINET)
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s scandal-scarred Department of Workforce and Employment (SCDEW) is responding to its latest black eye by taking a taxpayer-funded vacation to a lavish oceanfront resort along the South Carolina coast.
Agency director Abraham Turner is one of dozens of SCDEW bureaucrats who will [...]
