A congressional report out this morning leads off with a story I wrote about the Homeland Security Department’s reliance on politically appointed leaders.

Spencer Hsu has a good piece in this morning’s Washington Post about that report and the administration’s failure to fill about a quarter of the top leadership posts at DHS, “creating a ‘gaping hole’ in the nation’s preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.” Spencer references my previous story, as well.

“The DHS has one of the largest rosters of senior political appointees in the federal government, in part because of how it was created. The DHS says it has never had more than 220 senior political appointees, although the Office of Personnel Management told Congress of more than 360 in 2004, National Journal reported last month.”

The Wall Street Journal‘s Informed Reader picked up on my story, too, last month. You can also listen to an interview I did with Federal News radio about DHS’ political appointees.