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In Funding Report, House Lawmakers Tell FinCEN to Reform Hiring Policy
By Colby Adams
printHouse lawmakers are asking the nation's financial intelligence unit to reform how it screens job applicants following reports that the bureau's recent hiring campaign may have violated federal standards. In a report attached to a funding bill adopted last month, members of the House Committee on Appropriations agreed to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's proposal for a small budgetary cut but expressed frustration that the bureau, known as FinCEN, had "reportedly engaged in hiring irregularities." "The allegations are both significant and serious," lawmakers said in a report accompanying the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which...
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