Patent official says fraudulent time is ‘unacceptable’ and will be met with ‘disciplinary action’

The Washington Post: The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told all agency employees on Friday that time and attendance fraud is “unacceptable” and will be met with disciplinary action, an about-face from a morale-boosting voice-mail message she left on their office phones in August, a day after The Washington Post reported on fraudulent practices.

“Simply put … fraudulent time and attendance recording is unacceptable and must be met with appropriate disciplinary action,” Michelle K. Lee, the agency’s deputy director, said in an e-mail to thousands of employees based at the Alexandria headquarters and across the country.

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