The personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -- who resigned just weeks ago after being placed on administrative leave -- is under investigation after being accused of creating an atmosphere of widespread sexual harassment over years in which women were hired as possible sexual partners for male employees, the Washington Post website reports today (July 30, 2018).
The harassment and other misconduct -- revealed through a preliminary seven-month internal investigation -- was a "systemic problem going on for years," said FEMA Administrator William Long. Some of the behavior could result in the level of criminal activity, he added.
FEMA officials confirmed that the individual under investigation is Corey Coleman, who led the personnel department from 2011 until his resignation in June.
Coleman transferred some women he hired -- many of them were unqualified for their positions -- in and out of departments, some to regional offices, so that he and his friends could have sexual relations with them, according to employees' statements during interviews with investigators.
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