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re: Apparently there is some micro-managing at LA DEQ
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:56 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:56 am to LSUFanHouston
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Senior officials who remain at the DEQ and who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal said the agency is also in turmoil over Giacometto’s insistence on pre-approving any contact made by employees with individuals in other state agencies, federal agencies, businesses and industries, and non-governmental organizations.
Giacometto’s actions may have caused delays in applying for and approval of federal grants worth millions of dollars, delayed routine inspections of numerous businesses for weeks, and may have violated employees’ rights to request leave under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, the aides said.
"may have" is the operative language here. Sounds to me like a bunch of has beens that have been used to doing government business like government business are being asked to follow a hierarchy and they don't want someone knowing what they're doing, or not doing all day.
Newsflash, every time I have a new manager, the expectation was to cc them on correspondence outside of certain business as they were learning what I did or for their knowledge of how our system worked. Never to micromanage.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:57 am
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:24 am to Cuz413
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Newsflash, every time I have a new manager, the expectation was to cc them on correspondence outside of certain business as they were learning what I did or for their knowledge of how our system worked. Never to micromanage.
Except she's not a manager, she's the CEO.
Most in the industry and consultants already hate dealing with DEQ because of how long it takes to get permits or decisions issued. Slow down that process even more and the industry gets pissed.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:50 am to Cuz413
The new DEQ CEO comes from a federal agency which has a long and strong culture of trying to control communication. "Whistle blowing" is a minor concern. The day-to-day problem is preventing the flow of sender bad information or receiver misunderstanding of good information.'=
That said, such control is hard unless the agency has little to do and little need to communicate... not La DEQ.
Monitoring correspondence between fed employees and the outside world used to be an important practice to avoid legally troubling misunderstandings. Often the outside people have no idea who in an agency has actual commitment authority. Now, blanket pre-approval, however, is just a control trip and a sign of admin incompetence.
Forty years ago (!!!) correspondence was hardcopy prepared by a clerk typist who routinely collected necessary approvals before mailing. Today, most correspondence is digital. Clerk typists have vanished, and most employees have a word processor and internet access. Control of correspondence is very difficult.
That said, such control is hard unless the agency has little to do and little need to communicate... not La DEQ.
Monitoring correspondence between fed employees and the outside world used to be an important practice to avoid legally troubling misunderstandings. Often the outside people have no idea who in an agency has actual commitment authority. Now, blanket pre-approval, however, is just a control trip and a sign of admin incompetence.
Forty years ago (!!!) correspondence was hardcopy prepared by a clerk typist who routinely collected necessary approvals before mailing. Today, most correspondence is digital. Clerk typists have vanished, and most employees have a word processor and internet access. Control of correspondence is very difficult.
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