Jane Lubchenco in Gloucester

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Update: Hearing shows feds used fishing fine $$$ for overseas travel
By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer

The director of federal fishery law enforcement faced a barrage of questions today about problems and agency failings -- including excessively harsh treatment of the industry in the region policed out of Gloucester, and “forgotten” foreign travel charged to a $8.5 million account built on fines paid by penalized fishermen.

The so-called Asset Forfeiture Fund was a major focus of the report by U.S. Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser. Deposits to it came from fines that fishermen paid to settle cases. Yet, despite the size of the account, it was used freely by agents for “travel and purchases” until last October, according to yesterday’s sworn testimony by Dale J. Jones, the law enforcement director and witness on the hot seat in Gloucester’s City Hall.

Jones had “custody of it for years,” U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said in opening a line of questioning of the director. The exchange came as part of a three-hour hearing before Chairman Kucinich and local Congressman John Tierney, D-Salem, of the U.S. House Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who were joined by Congressman Barney Frank, D-Newto

the rest of the story
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punew...061142941.html

[FullStrikeAngler]

George,

Remember when Ronald Regan was in office we had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash, now that we have the new administration there is NO HOPE AND NO CASH!

Capt Dave

[jackdaniels]

inspector general for the U.S. Department of Commerce has testified that Dale Jones, head of the NMFS Office of Law Enforcemen, destroyed documents while his office was being investigated.

Inspector General Todd Zinser told the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife that Jones ordered his staff to shred documents after inspectors from his office met with Jones in the course of the investigation.

Congresswoman Madeline Bordallo (D-Guam), chairwoman of the subcommittee, said Jones should step aside until the inspector general's office completes their investigation.


Washington, D.C. - House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam) today, during a hearing of the Subcommittee, called for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Law Enforcement Director Dale Jones to be temporarily relieved of his duties, amid allegations of unauthorized document destruction during an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Inspector General (IG).


According to the office of Commerce IG Todd J. Zinser, Jones initiated and authorized the destruction of documents and records at the NOAA law enforcement headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, while his office was simultaneously under investigation by the IG for allegations of heavy handed, unfair, and poorly managed fisheries law enforcement operations.� The document disposal effort was not approved by the IG's office or by his superiors at NOAA.


"As the top cop at NOAA and a long-time investigator himself, Dale Jones must be acutely aware that shredding documents during a federal investigation raises serious questions about his commitment to a full and fair look at all the facts," Bordallo said.� "At a time when transparency and accountability in the way our government operates is of utmost importance, this type of behavior cannot be condoned, and Mr. Jones should step aside until the IG's investigation is completed."


Zinser confirmed to the Committee that his investigation of NOAA law enforcement programs was already underway, and his staff had met with Jones to discuss the nature of the review and the processes that would be followed, when Jones allegedly initiated an office-wide paper shredding effort.


The latest revelation regarding Jones comes on the heels of the initial findings of the IG's investigation, released in January 2010, which uncovered "systematic, nationwide issues" affecting fishing industry law enforcement.� The findings and recommendations of the IG's initial report were the subject of a Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife hearing, which was planned in an effort to provide an in-depth discussion of the findings and recommendations of the IG.

[Junior11]

First of all if yuo type in her name on google one of the auto finish options is "Jane Lubchenco PEW" that should say enough. Here are a couple of links that came from that search.

http://www.pewmarinefellows.org/fell...dvisoryID=3590

http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/jane-lubchenco

http://www.facebook.com/NOAA.Lubchenco

(that one could be very interesting)

The best part is that all those hits come BEFORE any mention of her on a government website.