"(J) Monitoring the promotions, assignments, retention, training, and professional military education of special operations forces officers.
It's, 'Hey, your sister has a pretty mouth — do you want to be a general?' " That culture of corruption affects everything: promotions, assignments, the resolution of cases.
Led by Reginald G. Moore, a Secret Service agent who once held a top spot on President Clinton's protective detail, black agents last week filed a class action discrimination complaint with the agency charging systematic bias in promotions, assignments and transfers.
In their efforts, the Secret Service agents are following other black agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Treasury's Bureau of Alcohol , Tobaccoand Firearms who have gone to court and have won substantial changes in promotions, assignments and training.
And the Americans quoted in Richard Opel's Times piece on Afghan law enforcement were reluctant to name names, "since it would otherwise make it impossible to work with these officials, an important part of their mission," but had plenty to say about the selling of police jobs and of "promotions, assignments, the resolution of cases".
In 1986, the Los Angeles Times published the results of a three-month study showing that women and minorities felt they were being denied promotion and assignment opportunities, and that some white male officers felt the department had degraded its standards.
None of the documents identified Mr. Hanssen by name, but the material referred to dates when the unknown spy mentioned promotions and assignment changes.
A black police officers' group issued a report card on the Police Department that was sharply critical of department practices, including promotions and assignments.
The company faces the biggest class action lawsuit in US history in which 1.5m women claim the company discriminated against female staff in pay, promotions and assignments.
In addition, for this group, managers underscored the importance of nonmonetary incentives, suggesting that these might translate into future rewards, such as promotions or assignments to choice territories.
