First and foremost, these are primarily allegations with little information given. That said, there is a lot of suspicious activity involved with what amounts to possible bribery. It is also disturbing that there was not a lot of investigation into the matter as to what is a serious matter. There were checks, this was proven. It was a situation involving the Acting Secretary of Labor being propositioned because of her job. All of this shows that it needs more consideration, as it involves a contractor and the Department of Labor. The Allegations Here, via the Department of Labor OIG , is what happened. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) received an allegation that an individual had solicited the Secretary of Labor with two separate bank checks in the amount of $40,000 each, in return for a partnership with their firm. The OIG investigation confirmed that the two checks to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) were legitimate bank issued checks. The investigation further determined that...