In a fleecing of American taxpayers, a company with a $297 million government contract to hire Border Patrol agents has only managed to enlist 15.
A year ago, the Trump administration contracted the Arlington, Virginia-based firm, Accenture Federal Service, to recruit 7,500 new agents to help fortify the famously porous border.
Penned last November, the government's five-year contract with Accenture calls for bringing 5,000 Border Patrol agents, 2,000 CBP officers, and 500 air & marine officers.
The agency has doled out $43 million and the cash will keep flowing until it reaches the contract's nearly $300 million limit unless the government terminates the agreement.
The online news article that exposed this travesty quotes several unnamed sources at the Homeland Security agency, including a genderless CBP "Spokesperson" who said Accenture has 3,700 additional candidates in the hiring process and that the company expects a "Gradual increase of candidates." Another CBP source trashed the Accenture deal, saying the following in the story: "This really has been a huge waste of money since Accenture received a large up-front amount, regardless of if they hired anyone," said the person who called the deal "Flawed from the beginning." The reporter reached out to Accenture but a spokeswoman declined to comment and referred all inquiries to the government.
At the time the agency employed 19,437 Border Patrol agents, 947 Air and Marine interdiction agents, and 23,079 CBP officers.
CBP has long been plagued with corruption and many worry a hiring frenzy could make things worse because the agency will lower standards to meet President Donald Trump's executive order mandating thousands of new border agents.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/11/firm-with-297-mil-govt-contract-to-boost-border-patrol-hires-only-15-agents/
A year ago, the Trump administration contracted the Arlington, Virginia-based firm, Accenture Federal Service, to recruit 7,500 new agents to help fortify the famously porous border.
Penned last November, the government's five-year contract with Accenture calls for bringing 5,000 Border Patrol agents, 2,000 CBP officers, and 500 air & marine officers.
The agency has doled out $43 million and the cash will keep flowing until it reaches the contract's nearly $300 million limit unless the government terminates the agreement.
The online news article that exposed this travesty quotes several unnamed sources at the Homeland Security agency, including a genderless CBP "Spokesperson" who said Accenture has 3,700 additional candidates in the hiring process and that the company expects a "Gradual increase of candidates." Another CBP source trashed the Accenture deal, saying the following in the story: "This really has been a huge waste of money since Accenture received a large up-front amount, regardless of if they hired anyone," said the person who called the deal "Flawed from the beginning." The reporter reached out to Accenture but a spokeswoman declined to comment and referred all inquiries to the government.
At the time the agency employed 19,437 Border Patrol agents, 947 Air and Marine interdiction agents, and 23,079 CBP officers.
CBP has long been plagued with corruption and many worry a hiring frenzy could make things worse because the agency will lower standards to meet President Donald Trump's executive order mandating thousands of new border agents.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/11/firm-with-297-mil-govt-contract-to-boost-border-patrol-hires-only-15-agents/
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