NYTimes on CPB, Politics and Hiring

[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Stephen Labaton]
The report said politics might have been involved in other personnel decisions. In one case, it said, a candidate to become the senior vice president for corporate and public affairs was asked by a board member about her political contributions in the last election. Another official was given a particular job title at the corporation at the request of the White House, it said. In a statement attached to the report, former CPB President Kathleen A. Cox named board members other than Mr. Tomlinson who she said were involved in some decisions criticized by the inspector general. Ms. Cox said she was forced to resign after Mr. Tomlinson told her she was "not political enough" for the job. Tomlinson remains the head of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which supervises all American government broadcasting programs overseas. The inspector general of the State Department is examining accusations at the broadcasting board of misuse of federal money and the use of phantom or unqualified employees by Mr. Tomlinson. In a recent letter, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, asked President Bush to consider ordering Mr. Tomlinson to step down from the board of governors until that investigation was completed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/politics/16broadcast.html?pagewanted=all
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