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Sep 22, 2014
Patent official says fraudulent time is ‘unacceptable’ and will be met with ‘disciplinary action’
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.