HS-Official left because of Diploma Mill-Ph.D.

Pending scandal at the Homeland Security:

One Official obtained Ph.D. from diploma mill

WashingtonTechnology.com
06/05/03

Callahan placed on leave by DHS

By Patience Wait and Wilson P. Dizard III
Post Newsweek Tech Media

"...The Department of Homeland Security placed a senior official on administrative leave while officials continue to investigate reports that she got her academic degrees from a diploma mill in Wyoming.

“Laura Callahan has been placed on administrative leave. This is our standard practice and does not reflect that we have made any decision on this matter or serve as any indication of what our decision may be,” said Michelle Petrovich, DHS Science & Technology Directorate spokeswoman.

The paid leave is effective immediately, she said late Thursday.

Callahan, senior director in the office of DHS CIO Steve Cooper, has claimed on her official resume to hold bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Hamilton University. But that institution, in Evanston, Wyo., is not accredited by any organization officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and has been labeled a diploma mill by Oregon.

Petrovich said Thursday that department officials are still collecting facts, so it is difficult to put a time frame on when the investigation will be complete.

“We want to be sensitive to this person as well as to the allegations that have been lodged,” she said.

Earlier in the day, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Government Reform Committee, said she was very concerned about the reports of Callahan’s doubtful academic credentials..."

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