CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND
- Truscott’s Professional Background
- Background on ATF
CHAPTER THREE: ALLEGATIONS, EVIDENCE, AND FINDINGS
- Truscott’s Hiring Policies and Their Budget Impact
- Budget and Hiring Situation Before Truscott’s Arrival
- Truscott’s Hiring Policies
- Concerns Expressed to Truscott about FY 2006 Hiring
- Concerns expressed by Headquarters officials
- Concerns expressed by field managers
- Impact of Hiring on Operational Budget
- Ballistic vests
- Vehicles
- Contractor services, security, travel, and training
- Office space
- Findings
- Design Changes to ATF’s New Headquarters Building
- Allegation
- Evidence
- History and cost overview of the New Headquarters building project
- Truscott’s involvement in the new Headquarters project
- Changes and upgrades to the new Headquarters design
- Rescinding the modifications
- Findings
- Other Construction and Renovation Projects
- Renovations to Current Headquarters Gym
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Renovations to Field Division Space
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Construction of NRT Truck Garage
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Expansion of Scope of Federal Firearms Licensing Center Feasibility Study
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Assistance in Nephew’s High School Project
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Assistance Provided
- Information requests
- Visit to Philadelphia Field Division
- Visit to ATF Headquarters
- Completion of the video project
- Post-completion requests and follow-up
- Truscott’s Explanation of ATF’s Involvement
- Findings
- Use of Executive Protection Branch
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Creation of the EPB
- Current staffing and equipment
- Protection in and around Washington, D.C.
- Protection while traveling outside of the Washington, D.C. area
- Examples of questionable use of protective detail
- Travel procedures of previous ATF Directors
- Senior managers’ observations on Truscott’s travel
requirements
- Responsibility for EPB procedures
- Findings
- Travel
- September 2005 Trip to London, England
- Allegations
- Evidence
- Findings
- October 2005 Trip to New York City
- Allegations
- Evidence
- Findings
- January 2005 Trips to Boston, Massachusetts, and Ottawa,
Canada
- Allegations
- Evidence
- Findings
- ATF Reception at International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Chronology of the ATF reception
- Security at the ATF reception
- Developments after the ATF reception
- Anti-Deficiency Act Issues
- Findings
- Use of Representation Fund
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Creation of a Hostile Work Environment
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Findings
- Personnel Practices
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Truscott’s relationship/association with the former Secret
Service official
- Hiring the former Secret Service official
- The former Secret Service official’s performance evaluation
- Findings
- Use of Visual Information Branch Resources
- Allegation
- Evidence
- Use of VIB photographers
- ATF publication and video
- Findings
CHAPTER FOUR: OIG CONCLUSIONS
- Construction Projects
- Assistance in Nephew’s High School Project
- Security for Truscott
- Travel
- ATF Reception at IACP Convention
- Use of the Representation Fund
- Creation of a Hostile Work Environment
- Personnel Practices
- Use of Visual Information Branch Resources
- Recommendations
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